White v. State

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and CONNOR, ERWIN, and BOOCHEVER, JJ. ERWIN, Justice.

Appellant asserts that his conviction of the offense of possession of heroin was invalid because the indictment charging him with unlawful and felonious possession of heroin did not contain a provision stating appellant knew that he was in possession of a narcotic drug.

An identical argument was advanced in Thomas and Crouch v. State, Op.No. 1040, 522 P.2d 528 (Alaska 1974), and Brown v. State, Op.No. 1041, 522 P.2d 534 (Alaska 1974), and was rejected on the ground that an indictment charging unlawful and…