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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. 3899.

607 P.2d 944 (1980)

Earl Lake JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 7, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max F. Gruenberg, Jr., Anchorage, for appellant.

Patrick J. Gullufsen, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daniel W. Hickey, Chief Prosecutor, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellees.

Niel Thomas, Executive Director, Alaska State Commission for Human Rights as amicus curiae.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., CONNOR, BOOCHEVER and MATTHEWS, JJ., and STEWART, Superior Court Judge.

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Justice.

In this sentence appeal, Earl Johnson contends that imposition of sentences for both possession and sale of heroin violates double jeopardy. He further claims that his sentence of seven years' imprisonment with two years suspended on each count, to run concurrently, was excessive, and the result of racial bias. We reject these claims and affirm the judgment of the superior court.

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