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Martin v. State

Citations

  • 517 P.2d 1389
  • 75 A.L.R. 3d 941
  • 1974 Alas. LEXIS 370

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that Article I, Section 11 does not guarantee a right to bail in probation revocation proceedings
  • recognizing that the legislature may not infringe on an accused’s constitutional right of bail
  • “In addition to the constitutional guarantee of bail, a right to bail is found in the Alaska Statutes.”
  • despite absence of statutory or constitutional authority, trial court had inherent power to grant bail pending revocation of probation proceedings
  • trial court has inherent power to grant bail pending probation revocation proceeding even though neither statute nor constitutional provision allows bail as a matter of right
  • “[A] legislative enactment expressly permitting the detention of persons without right to bail would be unconstitutional unless a constitutional amendment were adopted.”

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Judges: Rabinowitz, Connor, Erwin, Boochever, Fitzgerald

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