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NELSON v. STATE

No. 2459.

546 P.2d 592 (1976)

James NELSON, a/k/a Jim Gerson, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 28, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, David C. Backstrom, Deputy Public Defender, Mark E. Ashburn, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Harry L. Davis, Dist. Atty., Jane F. Kauvar, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, for appellee.

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

OPINION

ERWIN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction on two counts of perjury. Appellant James Nelson contends that the indictment by which he was charged should have been dismissed because certain irrelevant and immaterial testimony was presented to the grand jury and the indictment omitted the element of materiality, thus failing to state a crime; that certain findings of fact were not supported by the evidence; and that the trial court erred in...

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