Legal Opinion
Lee v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided May 18, 1973No. 1716PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and CONNOR, ERWIN and BOOCHEVER, JJ- BOOCHEVER, Justice.
The principal issue in this case pertains to the right of Lee to be present when the jury returned its verdict. Lee was indicted for the sale of two slips of heroin to an addict informer who had numerous convictions for various crimes. There were no other witnesses to the sale, and the defense endeavored to show that the informer’s testimony was unreliable.
The case was tried by a jury with, Judge James M. Fitzgerald presiding. The jury was given the case for decision at 5:00 p. m., and at 5:30 p. m. sent…
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