State v. Dobrova

694 P.2d 157 (1985)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner,

v.

Shaban DOBROVA, Respondent.

No. S-290.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 18, 1985.

Jeffrey W. Cole, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for petitioner.

William P. Bryson and Marcia Vandercook, Anchorage, for respondent.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

The question presented is whether a trial court has the authority to admit to bail a convicted defendant who is appealing his sentence, but not his conviction. The court of appeals held that trial courts have…