HOOD v. SMEDLEY

No. 1406.

498 P.2d 120 (1972)

Wesley William HOOD, Appellant, v. Bonnie G. SMEDLEY, Warden, Alaska State Jail, Anchorage, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen McGrath, of McGrath & Flint, Anchorage, for appellant.

Charles M. Merriner, Asst. Dist. Atty., Anchorage, John E. Havelock, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Seaborn J. Buckalew, Jr., Dist. Atty., for appellee.

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


OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

In this appeal from the denial of a writ of habeas corpus we are asked to decide two questions: whether the appellant's conviction for reckless driving under AS 28.35.040 must be voided because appellant, an indigent, was not afforded counsel at state expense, and whether his incarceration because of his inability to pay the $300 fine imposed was a denial of equal protection of the law....

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