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WOOD v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 7386.

690 P.2d 1225 (1984)

John WOOD, Appellant, v. SUPERIOR COURT, State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 30, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Wood, Anchorage, pro se.

Robert H. Wagstaff, Anchorage, for Anchorage Bar Association, amicus curiae.

Elizabeth L. Shaw, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for the State of Alaska, amicus curiae.

Before BURKE, C.J. and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

In Jackson v. State, 413 P.2d 488, 490 (Alaska 1966), we recognized "a tradition deeply rooted in the common law":

[A]n attorney is an officer of the court assisting the court in the administration of justice, and ... as such he has an obligation when called upon by the court to render his services for indigents in criminal cases without...

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