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STATE v. AMBROSE

No. A-2069.

758 P.2d 639 (1988)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. Lige AMBROSE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

August 5, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Stark, Asst. Atty. Gen., Crim. Div. Central Office, and Grace Berg Schaible, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellant.

Charles R. Pengilly, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, and Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellee.

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

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

In this appeal, the state challenges an order of the superior court releasing Lige Ambrose, a sentenced prisoner, for a period of four days to attend a ceremonial potlatch. The appeal requires us to determine the scope of the superior court's authority under Alaska Criminal Rule 35(b), which allows the court to modify a sentence in light of changed circumstances. We conclude that the superior court lacked authority to order Ambrose...

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