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MEAD v. STATE

Nos. 1225, 1281.

489 P.2d 738 (1971)

Edward A. MEAD, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 15, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor D. Carlson, Public Defender, and Dick L. Madson, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, for appellant.

G. Kent Edwards, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Stephen Cooper, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks; and Monroe Clayton, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, for appellee.

Before BONEY, C.J., and DIMOND, RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and ERWIN, JJ.

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

Appellant Mead brings before us the question of whether his sentences for both larceny and burglary inflict an impermissible double punishment for what is essentially the same offense.

On October 31, 1966, Edward Mead was convicted of one count of burglary not in a dwelling, one count of larceny in a building, and one count of possession of firearms by a convict. He was sentenced...

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