STATE v. DOBROVA

No. S-290.

694 P.2d 157 (1985)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Shaban DOBROVA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey W. Cole, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for petitioner.

William P. Bryson and Marcia Vandercook, Anchorage, for respondent.

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


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

The question presented is whether a trial court has the authority to admit to bail a convicted defendant who is appealing his sentence, but not his conviction. The court of appeals held that trial courts have inherent authority to permit bail during sentence appeals. Dobrova v. State, 674 P.2d 834 (Alaska App. 1984). We agree for the reasons expressed by the court of appeals.

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