SIMMS v. STATE

No. 1038.

464 P.2d 527 (1970)

Joe Darryl SIMMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 30, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Curran, Jr., Savage, Erwin & Curran, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Gerald J. Van Hoomissen, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, G. Kent Edwards, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before DIMOND, RABINOWITZ, BONEY and CONNOR, JJ.


OPINION

DIMOND, Justice.

In the district court at Fairbanks a jury found appellant guilty of assault and battery. Appellant was sentenced to four months in jail. The conviction was affirmed by the superior court. Execution of the sentence was stayed pending appeal to this court.

Appellant says that the jury was required to deliberate in a storage room which contained two file cabinets marked "Criminal Cases Commenced", 28 volumes entitled "Case Dockets...

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