Legal Opinion
Wells v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided September 7, 1984No. 7479, 7663PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SINGLETON, Judge.
After a trial in Anchorage, Jeffery Wells was convicted of escape in the second degree. AS 11.56.310(a)(1)(A). He had been serving a two-year presumptive sentence at the Palmer Correctional Center following a Juneau conviction for fraudulent use of a credit card. AS 11.46.285. In 1979 Wells had been convicted of burglary in Oregon. Judge Pegues treated Wells’ burglary as a prior felony and therefore imposed a presumptive sentence for the fraudulent use of a credit card conviction. Judge Moore agreed with Judge Pegues’ decision and consequently treated Wells as a third…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- Juneby v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1982
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