Legal Opinion
Padie v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided December 30, 1976No. 3113PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CONNOR, Justice.
This petition for review requires us to consider whether a criminal trial jury may be instructed on the elements of a lesser included offense when the statute of limitations has run on the lesser offense but not the charged offense.
On November 3, 1966, Michael Christian disappeared in Anchorage. His body has never been found. On May 9, 1975, more than eight years later, Roger A. Padie was indicted for the first degree murder of Christian. A mistrial was declared in Pa-die’s first trial in September 1976. We have granted his petition for review, and stayed the retrial pending…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Leland v. OregonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Keeble v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Fisher v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Gray v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
10 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by27 opinions
- People v. TurnerNew York Court of Appeals · 2005
- Hagans v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1989
- Padie v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
- LaLonde v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
- Cane v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1989
22 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.