Finch v. State

592 P.2d 1196 (1979)

Charles S. FINCH, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

No. 3242.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 30, 1979.

Dick L. Madson, Fairbanks, for appellant.

W.H. Hawley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, BOOCHEVER, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ.

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Justice.

In the early morning hours of May 18, 1976, Charles Finch allegedly struck Barbara Butcher, a prostitute, on the head with a partially-empty bottle of Galliano. The two were in a motel room at the time of the assault. A lengthy physical struggle…