Legal Opinion
Merrill v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided February 14, 1967No. 688PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINO WITZ, Justice.
In this appeal appellants raise several important questions of first impression relating to preliminary hearings and grand jury proceedings. We affirm the judgments and commitments which were entered by the superior court.
On June 14 and 15, 1965, complaints were filed in the district court 1 at Anchorage, Alaska, charging appellants with the crime of robbery. 2 On the basis of these complaints, warrants for appellants’ arrests were issued by the district judge. On June 16 appellants were apprehended at a point on the Richardson Highway in the vicinity of the…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by50 opinions
- Erickson v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
- Pulakis v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- McCoy v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
- Daygee v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
- Fresneda v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1969
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