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JOHNSON v. STATE

No. A-7401.

24 P.3d 1267 (2001)

Guy W. JOHNSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

June 22, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David K. Allen, Assistant Public Advocate, Fairbanks, and Brant G. McGee, Public Advocate, Fairbanks, for Appellant.

W.H. Hawley, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and STEWART, Judges.

OPINION

STEWART, Judge.

Guy W. Johnson was convicted of first-degree murder1 and sentenced to 99 years in prison. The Office of Public Advocacy filed an appeal on Johnson's behalf, but Johnson's appellate attorney now seeks our permission to withdraw from the case. According to Johnson's attorney, the only issues that might be raised on appeal are frivolous.

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