Legal Opinion

State v. Carlson

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided February 16, 1977No. 2908, 2913PublishedCited by 62 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CONNOR, Justice.

This petition for a writ of mandamus 1 requires us to construe AS 12.55.050, Alaska’s habitual criminal statute. 2

On July 5, 1969, Tyrone Davenport committed burglary. 3 He was convicted of this offense on December 24, 1969. On July 1, 1971, Davenport committed the offense of receiving and concealing stolen goods. On September 22,1971 he committed an assault with a dangerous weapon. On February 15, 1972, he was convicted of both assault with a dangerous weapon 4 and receiving and concealing stolen goods. 5 On July 14, 1975 Davenport again committed the offense of receiving and…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Oyler v. BolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  3. Graham v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  4. State v. WorthamAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Sonnier v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1971

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3Cited by62 opinions

  1. State v. HendersonOhio Supreme Court · 1979
  2. Ansell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1979
  3. State v. DudoitHawaii Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Coleman v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
  5. United States v. Balascsak, Robert J.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989

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