DAVIS v. STATE

No. 1532.

501 P.2d 1026 (1972)

Jeanette Adele DAVIS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert D. Soll, Public Defender, Bruce A. Bookman and Larry A. Jordan, Asst. Public Defenders, Anchorage, for appellant.

John E. Havelock, Atty. Gen., Peter A. Michalski, Asst. Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J. and CONNOR, ERWIN and BOOCHEVER, JJ.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

Jeanette Davis was convicted of possession of heroin following a trial by jury.1 In this appeal she presents two specifications of error. Her first assignment of error asserts that the trial court erred in refusing to grant her motion for judgment of acquittal at the close of the state's evidence. She also claims that it was error for the court to allow the prosecution to comment on her failure...

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