615 P.2d 594
Decided August 8, 1980
Alaska Supreme Court · decided 1980-08-08
Relies on Taggard v. State
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Decided 1980-08-08
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently January 2025 · most notably State Ex Rel. Fletcher v. District Court of Nineteenth Judicial District (1993), Dyer v. State (1983)
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¶1concurring.
¶2I believe that under certain circumstances the confession of an informant may furnish sufficient indicia of credibility to meet the test set forth in Taggard v. State, 500 P.2d 238 (Alaska 1972).
¶3dissenting.
¶4I do not believe the superior court was clearly mistaken in imposing a sentence of eight years with three suspended. This was appellant’s second felony, which she committed while on probation for her first. I would affirm the judgment in its entirety.