Legal Opinion
Wortham v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided July 8, 1983No. 5459PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
Floyd Wortham was convicted of two counts of perjury under former AS 11.30.-010(a), following his plea of no contest. 1 Prior to these convictions Wortham had been tried and convicted of the crime of the unlawful sale of cocaine. 2
At his trial for illegal sale of cocaine, Wortham testified on his own behalf and, during this testimony, made certain statements which resulted in his indictment for perjury. The state had notified Wortham that, at his perjury trial, it intended to use a transcript of a tape recording made of a conversation between Wortham and an…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Rochin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Irvine v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Cooksey v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- State v. GlassAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
- Oveson v. Municipality of AnchorageAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. MillsCourt of Appeals of Oregon · 1985
- Municipality of Anchorage v. RayCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1993
- Esmailka v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1987
- State v. GibsonAlaska Supreme Court · 2012
- Giel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1984
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