JOHNSTON v. STATE

Nos. 1274, 1275.

489 P.2d 134 (1971)

Vernon Dale JOHNSTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 29, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victor D. Carlson, Public Defender, James D. Gilmore and Michael L. Rubinstein, Asst. Public Defenders, Anchorage, for appellant.

G. Kent Edwards, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Harold W. Tobey, Dist. Atty., Robert L. Eastaugh and Charles M. Merriner, Asst. Dist. Attys., Anchorage, for appellee.

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


RABINOWITZ, Justice.

Appellant, Vernon Dale Johnston, was indicted for robbery, tried, and found guilty. A judgment and commitment was entered, and a sentence of eight years with three years suspended was imposed, to be served consecutively with sentences imposed in two other cases. We have consolidated Johnston's separate appeals from the judgment of conviction and the sentence.

At trial, taxicab driver James M. Phillips testified that at about 2:03 a.m....

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