RAVIN v. STATE

No. 2135.

537 P.2d 494 (1975)

Irwin RAVIN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

As Amended May 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Collin Middleton and Robert H. Wagstaff, Anchorage, for petitioner.

Stephen G. Dunning, Asst. Dist. Atty., Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for respondent.

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


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

The constitutionality of Alaska's statute prohibiting possession of marijuana is put in issue in this case. Petitioner Ravin was arrested on December 11, 1972 and charged with violating AS 17.12.010.1 Before trial Ravin attacked the constitutionality of AS 17.12.010 by a motion to dismiss in which he asserted that the State had violated his right of privacy under both the federal and Alaska...

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