context: O'Donnell and the cab driver who took Lipscomb home each testified without equivocation before the grand jury about the events of August 28. O'Donnell's testimony directly contradicted the statements by Lipscomb. This testimony, along with the physical evidence found on Lipscomb's person and in his apartment, was more than enough for the grand jury to return a true bill, even if Lipscomb's statement had been played with all inculpatory material deleted.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 648 P.2d 1021, 1021
citation_a.parenthetical: strength of other evidence before grand jury rendered failure to introduce exculpatory material harmless
citation_a.sentence: See Tookak v. State, 648 P.2d at 1021 (strength of other evidence before grand jury rendered failure to introduce exculpatory material harmless); see also Giacomazzi v. State, 633 P.2d 218 (Alaska 1981) (if other evidence presented will justify the indictment, use of inadmissible hearsay will not be deemed to vitiate it).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: if other evidence presented will justify the indictment, use of inadmissible hearsay will not be deemed to vitiate it
citation_b.sentence: See Tookak v. State, 648 P.2d at 1021 (strength of other evidence before grand jury rendered failure to introduce exculpatory material harmless); see also Giacomazzi v. State, 633 P.2d 218 (Alaska 1981) (if other evidence presented will justify the indictment, use of inadmissible hearsay will not be deemed to vitiate it).