Legal Opinion

McCracken v. State

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided September 11, 1967No. 775PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Before NESBETT, C. J., and DIMOND and RABINO WITZ, JJ. RABINOWITZ, Justice.

Appellant seeks reversal of two convictions of assault with a dangerous weapon. 1 Review of appellant’s three specifications of error has led us to the decision that the judgments and commitments entered by the superior court should be affirmed.

Appellant’s initial assertion of error concerns a question which the trial judge propounded during voir dire of the prospective jury panel. 2 The text of the disputed question is as follows: “Have any of you ever sat on a jury in which Mr. McCracken has been involved ?”…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  2. Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Tad R. Knowles v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1955
  4. John W. Davis, Hugh Winn, John Katsikos, and Joseph Leo Vedder v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  5. Crawford v. RogersAlaska Supreme Court · 1965

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. State v. ClarkNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1989
  2. Gafford v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1968
  3. State v. CooperOhio Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Kugzruk v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Hampton v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1977

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