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STATE v. CARLSON

No. 2986.

555 P.2d 269 (1976)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Victor D. CARLSON, Judge of the Superior Court, and the Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, Respondents, Sidney Lee VAIL, Real Party in Interest. STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Sidney Lee VAIL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 15, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Merriner, Asst. Dist. Atty., Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, for petitioner.

R. Stanley Ditus, Anchorage, for respondent, Vail.

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

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

In this case the Superior Court has announced its intention to accept a guilty plea to the crime of manslaughter from defendant Vail in lieu of trying him for either first or second degree murder. The district attorney does not concur in this reduction of charge, and has applied to this court for a writ of prohibition on the ground that the trial judge has exceeded his authority.

Counsel for Vail and his co-defendant engaged...

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