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DAVIS v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 3399.

580 P.2d 1176 (1978)

Harry L. DAVIS, Appellant, v. SUPERIOR COURT of the State of Alaska, Fourth Judicial District, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 7, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne Carpeneti, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel W. Hickey, Chief Prosecutor, and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellant.

Lloyd I. Hoppner, Rice, Hoppner & Hedland, Fairbanks, for appellee.

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

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

This appeal concerns the authority of the superior court to impose sanctions against a district attorney for failure to provide a prepared attorney at an omnibus hearing.

The underlying criminal case involved an indictment against John Powell for possession of cocaine, in violation of AS 17.10.010. The indictment was signed on January 5, 1977 by "W.H. Hawley for Harry L. Davis, District Attorney." On January 7, 1977...

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