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DOWNIE v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. A-5611.

888 P.2d 1306 (1995)

Susan E. DOWNIE, Assistant Public Defender, Appellant, v. SUPERIOR COURT, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

January 26, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lance C. Parrish, Parrish Law Office, Fairbanks, for appellant.

James P. Doogan, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Harry L. Davis, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, and Bruce M. Botelho, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Marcia E. Holland, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, and John B. Salemi, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Public Defender Agency as amicus curiae.

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

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Assistant Public Defender Susan E. Downie appeals an order of the superior court holding her in contempt of court for refusing to testify at a grand jury hearing. We affirm the superior court's order.

This case presents the question of whether a defense attorney may be compelled to testify concerning whether she informed her client of the client's trial date. These are...

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