Legal Opinion

Fields v. State

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided August 6, 1971No. 1137, 1138PublishedCited by 71 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BONEY, Chief Justice.

Fields and Bassett appeal from convictions, after jury verdicts, of the offenses of assault with a dangerous weapon, attempted robbery, robbery, and grand larceny. Their grounds for appeal are nearly identical, and their cases will be considered together.

On October 12, 1967, Michael Warbur-ton, Patrice Warburton, Betty Bryson, and her sons David and Michael Bryson were at the Warburton residence at Moose Pass, Alaska, on the Seward Highway. At about 10:30 p. m. two men wearing nylon stockings over their heads burst into the living room and held David Bryson and…

2Cases cited66 opinions

  1. Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  4. Sheppard v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  5. Betts v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1942

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3Cited by71 opinions

  1. People v. GainerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1977
  2. United States v. William ReyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  3. State v. CzachorSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1980
  4. People v. SkinnerCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
  5. Evans v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1976

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