JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 3008.

577 P.2d 1063 (1978)

Charles Allen JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara J. Miracle, Asst. Public Defender, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, and Robert Adelman, Anchorage, for appellant.

Monica Jenicek, Asst. Dist. Atty., Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, Justices.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

The sole issue raised by this appeal is whether the trial court's failure to follow the dictates of Rule 31(f), Alaska Rules of Criminal Procedure,1 requires us to reverse defendant's conviction. We hold that it does.

Appellant Johnson was tried with a co-defendant on a charge of sale of a narcotic drug in violation of AS 17.10.010. The case was ready to go to the jury shortly before noon on Friday...

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