Richardson v. State

OPINION

Before BOOCHEVER, C. J., and RABI-NOWITZ, CONNOR and BURKE, JJ. and DIMOND, J. Pro Tern. DIMOND, Justice Pro Tern.

A jury found Frederick Richardson guilty of possession of the narcotic drug heroin. He appeals on a number of different grounds.

The case was tried in the Fourth Judicial District in Fairbanks by Judge Ripley, whose official station was in the Third Judicial District in Anchorage. After the case had gone to the jury, Judge Ripley departed for Anchorage. Apparently Judge Van Hoomissen, the presiding judge of the Fourth Judicial District in Fairbanks, was to receive the…