Legal Opinion
Wood v. Superior Court
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided October 30, 1984No. 7386PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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RABINO WITZ, Justice.
In Jackson v. State, 413 P.2d 488, 490 (Alaska 1966), we recognized “a tradition deeply rooted in the common law”:
[A]n attorney is an officer of the court assisting the court in the administration of justice, and ... as such he has an obligation when called upon by the court to render his services for indigents in criminal cases without payment of a fee except as may be provided by statute or rule of court.
This appeal requires us to re-examine the nature of this obligation and the manner in which it may be enforced.
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John Wood is an Anchorage attorney. On July 15,…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Bloom v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- National Labor Relations Board v. Wyman-Gordon Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Frank v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Baker v. City of FairbanksAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
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3Cited by16 opinions
- State v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1988
- DeLisio v. Alaska Superior CourtAlaska Supreme Court · 1987
- Beran v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1985
- Weidner v. Superior Court for the State, Third Judicial DistrictCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1986
- Stadler v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1991
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