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RICHARDSON v. STATE

No. 3262.

579 P.2d 1372 (1978)

Frederick RICHARDSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 16, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Ashburn, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks and Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Rhonda F. Butterfield, Asst. Dist. Atty., Harry L. Davis, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before BOOCHEVER, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and BURKE, JJ. and DIMOND, J. Pro Tem.

OPINION

DIMOND, Justice Pro Tem.

A jury found Frederick Richardson guilty of possession of the narcotic drug heroin. He appeals on a number of different grounds.

The case was tried in the Fourth Judicial District in Fairbanks by Judge Ripley, whose official station was in the Third Judicial District in Anchorage. After the case had gone to the jury, Judge Ripley departed for Anchorage. Apparently Judge Van Hoomissen, the presiding judge of the Fourth...

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