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LeDUFF v. STATE

Nos. 4117, 4136.

618 P.2d 557 (1980)

Melvin Anthony LeDUFF and Michael Wayne Thornton, Appellants, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Downes, Cole & Downes, Fairbanks, for appellant LeDuff.

David C. Backstrom, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant Thornton.

Dean J. Guaneli, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel W. Hickey, Chief Prosecutor, and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ., and DIMOND, Senior Justice.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Melvin LeDuff and Michael Thornton were tried jointly and convicted for the sale of $75.00 worth of cocaine to a Fairbanks police undercover agent in July, 1977. They have appealed both their convictions and the resulting sentences. Because they raise identical issues, their appeals have been consolidated.

Unbeknownst to LeDuff and Thornton, the agent tape-recorded the sale and several telephone calls leading up to the sale. Over...

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