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MURPHY v. CITY OF WRANGELL

No. S-2479.

763 P.2d 229 (1988)

Steven K. MURPHY, Appellant, v. CITY OF WRANGELL and William Klein, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied December 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Zelensky, Whittaker & Zelensky, Ketchikan, for appellant.

Brian E. Hanson and Edward A. Stahla, Law Offices of Edward A. Stahla, Sitka, for appellees.

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

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

This appeal presents the question of whether a person imprisoned for refusal to pay a fine is entitled to "good time" reductions to his sentence.

Facts and Proceedings.

Steven K. Murphy was convicted, after a jury trial, of disposing of domestic wastewater on state lands without a permit. He was sentenced to thirty days imprisonment, all of which was suspended, and fined $1,000. After proceedings which...

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