Echols v. State

OPINION

COATS, Judge.

Arthur W. Echols was convicted, following a jury trial, of assault in the first degree, a class A felony. AS 11.41.200. Echols appeals, arguing that Superior Court Judge Mark C. Rowland did not properly charge the jury on the elements of her offense. We agree and reverse Echols’ conviction.

Arthur Echols was indicted based on an incident which occurred when her husband, Melvin J. Echols, beat the Echols’ fourteen-year-old daughter, T.E., with an extension cord. The grand jury charged Melvin Echols with assault in the first degree based upon this incident, along with seven…