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GIPSON v. STATE

No. 2674.

575 P.2d 782 (1978)

Burleson L. GIPSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 3, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Savell, Aschenbrenner & Savell, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Stephen E. Branchflower, Asst. Dist. Atty., Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

The main issue in this appeal is whether lack of counsel at a preliminary hearing unconstitutionally tainted appellant's subsequent grand jury indictment, trial and conviction for assault with a dangerous weapon in violation of AS 11.15.220. The second issue is whether the superior court erred in denying a continuance.

Appellant, Burleson L. Gipson, was arrested on March 27, 1975, after he allegedly beat one Carolyn Weber...

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