RAPHAEL v. STATE

No. S-8645.

994 P.2d 1004 (2000)

Wilfred RAPHAEL, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied February 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. LaVecchia, Kenai, for Petitioner.

Kenneth M. Rosenstein, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Respondent.

Before MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, FABE, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The prosecutor in Wilfred Raphael's assault and kidnapping trial told the trial judge at an ex parte hearing that the complaining witness, I.W., was likely to recant, was intoxicated, and should be incarcerated until she testified. Without first notifying Raphael or his attorney of the prosecutor's claims, the trial judge granted the prosecutor's request, jailing I.W. and placing her children...

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