Case Name: John C. BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee
Court: Alaska Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Alaska
Decision Date: 1974-05-13
Citations: 522 P.2d 534
Docket Number: No. 2015
Parties: John C. BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.
Judges: Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and ERWIN, FITZGERALD and BOOCHEVER, JJ-
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 522
Pages: 534–534

Head Matter:
John C. BROWN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.
No. 2015.
Supreme Court of Alaska.
May 13, 1974.
Herbert D. Soli, Public Defender, Lawrence J. Kulik, Asst. Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.
Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Thomas M. Warded, Dist. Atty., Kenai, for appellee.
Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and ERWIN, FITZGERALD and BOOCHEVER, JJ-

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Appellant asserts that his conviction on two counts of selling LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) was invalid because the indictment charging him with unlawful and felonious sale of LSD did not contain a provision stating appellant knew that he was selling an hallucinogenic drug.
An identical argument was advanced in Thomas and Crouch v. State, 522 P.2d 528 (Alaska, 1974), under identical trial circumstances, and was rejected by this court on the ground that an indictment charging unlawful and felonious sale in the language of the statute was sufficient to apprise appellant of the charge against him.
The judgment of conviction is affirmed.
CONNOR, J., not participating.