Legal Opinion
Middleton v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 1978No. 3163 and 3302PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.
Carmen Hess and Victoria Middleton were jointly tried and convicted of the armed robbery of a liquor store.1 They separately appealed to this court claiming prejudicial joinder, in part, on the contention that each was effectively denied the protection of an accomplice instruction. Middleton additionally raises a question of illegal search and seizure in the taking from her wallet of a piece of paper, introduced at trial as a floor plan of the liquor store.
On April 4, 1976, a person wearing a ski mask and bulky parka robbed at gunpoint the Thrifty Liquor Store…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- McClain v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Hawley v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
- Reeves v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
- Hensel v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
- Hinkel v. AnchorageAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
- Dunn v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1982
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