Legal Opinion
Hentzner v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 20, 1980No. 3649PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
Hentzner was convicted of two counts of offering and two counts of selling unregistered and non-exempt securities in violation of AS 45.55.070. 1 He was sentenced to four concurrent sentences of five years in the penitentiary with four years suspended on the condition that he notify purchasers of his conviction and make restitution. On appeal, he contends that what he offered for sale and sold were not securities; that the trial court gave erroneous jury instructions on the definition of security and on the state of mind required for a conviction; and that mistakes…
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