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HEMPHILL v. STATE

Nos. 7260, 7426, 7597, 7599 and 7730.

673 P.2d 888 (1983)

Sammie Lee HEMPHILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee. Riggs A. PETER, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee. Jacqueline VAUGHN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee. Doretha J. COWAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee. John MERCHANT, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

December 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Blasco, Asst. Public Defender, Ketchikan, Rich Zahniser, Asst. Public Defender, and Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellants.

Richard W. Maki, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before BRYNER, C.J., and COATS and SINGLETON, JJ.

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

On June 24, 1980, Sammie Lee Hemphill attempted to cash a $387.38 check at the First National Bank of Anchorage. The check was listed with the bank as stolen. Hemphill was indicted on a charge of forgery in the second degree, a class C felony. AS 11.46.505(a)(1). Hemphill moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground that AS 11.46.505 violated his right to equal protection of the law guaranteed by the fourteenth amendment to...

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