Legal Opinion
Davenport v. McGinnis
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided May 31, 1974No. 1942PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOOCHEVER, Justice.
Admitting to having sold marijuana to an undercover agent, plaintiff-appellant James Davenport was adjudged delinquent on August 18, 1970. He was then 18 years old, although the sale preceded his 18th birthday by three months. Davenport was committed to the Department of Health and Welfare (now denominated the Department of Health and Social Services) for an indeterminate period not to extend beyond his 21st birthday. The department’s classification committee determined that Davenport should be placed in the federal juvenile facility at Englewood, Colorado. Federal…
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