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ALEXANDER v. CITY OF ANCHORAGE

No. 1373.

490 P.2d 910 (1971)

Kathleen ALEXANDER, Petitioner, v. CITY OF ANCHORAGE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 19, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip B. Byrne, Alaska Legal Services, Anchorage, for petitioner.

Victor D. Carlson and Herbert Soll, Public Defender Agency, Anchorage, amicus curiae for petitioner.

Harold W. Tobey, City Atty., John R. Spencer, Asst. City Atty., Anchorage, for respondent.

John E. Havelock, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Seaborn J. Buckalew, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eastaugh, Asst. Dist. Atty., Anchorage, amicus curiae for respondent.

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

OPINION

DIMOND, Justice.

Petitioner was arrested and charged with the offense of loitering under an ordinance of the City of Anchorage.1 She requested the district court to appoint counsel to represent her, but the court held it had no such authority and denied her request. The superior court affirmed the district court ruling on the basis that District Court Criminal Rule 1(j) provided in misdemeanor cases that Criminal Rules...

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