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DAVENPORT v. McGINNIS

No. 1942.

522 P.2d 1140 (1974)

James E. DAVENPORT, Appellant, v. Frederick McGINNIS, Commissioner of the Department of Health and Social Services, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 31, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Wagstaff, Anchorage, for appellant.

Theodore M. Pease, Jr., Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Anchorage, for appellees.

Before RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice, and CONNOR, ERWIN, BOOCHEVER and FITZGERALD, Justices.

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Justice.

Admitting to having sold marijuana to an undercover agent, plaintiff-appellant James Davenport was adjudged delinquent on August 18, 1970. He was then 18 years old, although the sale preceded his 18th birthday by three months. Davenport was committed to the Department of Health and Welfare (now denominated the Department of Health and Social Services) for an indeterminate period not to extend beyond his 21st birthday. The department...

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