State v. Leighton

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that the word “may” in AS 12.40.050 is being used in the sense of “is authorized to”
• noting nothing in the text of the Alaska Constitution or the minutes of the convention suggesting a right to grand jury nullification
• noting nothing in the text of the Alaska Constitution or the minutes of the convention suggesting a right to grand jury nullification

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wassillie v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2018-02-16
• Martin C. Smith v. State of Alaska
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2024-04-26

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Calandra
  Supreme Court· 1974-01-08· cited 3,415×
• United States v. Steve Navarro-Vargas, United States of America v. Jose Antonio Leon-Jasso
  Ninth Circuit· 2005-05-23· cited 87×
• Sleziak v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1969-05-05· cited 54×
• Preston v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1980-08-08· cited 44×
• Cameron v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2007-11-30· cited 19×