STATE v. SKAN

No. 1787.

511 P.2d 1296 (1973)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. Dewey SKAN, Jr., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Havelock, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Harold M. Brown, Dist. Atty., Ketchikan, for appellant.

Richard L. Whittaker, Ketchikan, for appellee.

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


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

In this case the state appeals from the dismissal of the indictment for burglary against appellee Dewey Skan, Jr.

The trial court dismissed the indictment against Skan because "the Grand Jury returned the indictment based upon uncorroborated hearsay statements of an alleged accomplice." The only evidence presented to the grand jury concerning appellee Skan's alleged participation in the burglary were the statements made by an...

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