Legal Opinion
Carlson v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided January 27, 2006No. A-8498PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
Jason L. Carlson was convicted of second-degree murder under the theory that he committed a homicide while acting with extreme indifference to the value of human life. 1 For this crime, Carlson was sentenced to 50 years' imprisonment with 10 years suspended-i.e., 40 years to serve.
Carlson was also convicted of five counts of evidence tampering (both for tampering with the existing evidence and for creating new, false evidence) and two counts of third-degree weapons misconduct (for possessing two different concealable firearms after having been adjudicated a delinquent…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Apprendi v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- State v. ChaneyAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- McClain v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Cleveland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2006
- Morrell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2009
- State v. DagueCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2006
- Allen v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2007
- Lindeman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2011
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