Legal Opinion
Roberts v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided October 7, 1968No. 886PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
In this appeal appellant, Joseph Weldon Roberts, seeks review of the superior court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
On January 11, 1967, appellant was indicted for the crime of murder in the first degree. Seven days later appellant was arrested under a warrant which had been issued on the basis of this indictment. Then, on June 8, 1967, the superior court, on its own motion, dismissed the indictment on the grounds that it was obtained through the use of hearsay evidence. 1
Acting pursuant to that portion of Criminal Rule 12(b) (5) which provides…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Southern Pacific Terminal Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Application of PainterSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1970
- Bishop v. Municipality of AnchorageCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1984
- Roberts v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1969
- Dwyer v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1969
- Mead v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1972
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