Ransom v. State

BONEY, Justice.

This case arises out of the same assault which is the subject of the appeal in Berfield v. State, Alaska, 458 P.2d 1008. Both Ransom and Berfield were convicted by a jury of assault with a dangerous weapon, i. e., their boots. Many of the issues raised by Ransom on appeal have been disposed of by this court’s opinion in Berfield; however, there is one issue which has been raised by appellant Ransom which *171requires that the appeals be considered separately.

Ransom was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon in a joint indictment which reads in part as follows:

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