Legal Opinion
Hobbs v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided February 11, 1961No. 4PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NESBETT, Chief Justice.
The question first to be determined is whether the United States District Court for the District (Territory) of Alaska, acting as an interim transition court for the period between the admission of Alaska into the Union and the organization of its constitutional courts, had jurisdiction to try the appellant for larceny.
Appellant was indicted on October 27, 1958, for larceny in a building, which was not a federal offense. Alaska was admitted into the Union on January 3, 1959. Appellant was tried and convicted in the interim transition court and on March 17, 1959, was…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Pollard's Lessee v. HAGANSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
- Di Carlo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
- Coyle v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Benner v. PorterSupreme Court of the United States · 1850
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Keiner v. City of AnchorageAlaska Supreme Court · 1963
- Bridges v. Alaska Housing AuthorityAlaska Supreme Court · 1962
- Pedersen v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1966
- Beavers v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1971
- Oxenberg v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1961
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