Legal Opinion
Webb v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 2, 1978No. 2632PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIMOND, Justice Pro Tem.
Duncan Webb was convicted of being an accessory after the fact to the first degree murder of John Rich.1 Webb had been attorney for Wesley Ladd, one of the murderers. Before shooting Rich to death,2 Ladd forced Rich to sign a power of attorney, giving Duncan Webb the control of all of Rich’s assets. After Rich had been murdered, Webb had his secretary witness the power of attorney. However, there was no evidence that Webb had taken part in the murder of Rich or that he had any advance knowledge it was going to happen.
Webb’s involvement in the Rich murder…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Harris v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- State v. ChaneyAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- Isaacs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1962
- United States v. GuzmanDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1972
- United States v. Paul GuzmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Dorman v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
- Attorney Grievance Commission v. SheinbeinCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2002
- Lupro v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
- Law Offices of Bernard D. Morley, P. C. v. MacFarlaneSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
- In Re PrestonAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
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