Loveless v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
David Edward Loveless was convicted of second degree murder after a jury trial.1 He was initially sentenced to life imprisonment with parole eligibility in ten years, but the sentence was subsequently amended to increase the minimum time to be served to fifteen years. Loveless appeals the judgment of conviction and the imposition of the amended sentence.
On the evening of August 30, 1974, Loveless, Allen Hanson, and several other men were in the Ship’s Bar in Kodiak. Loveless and Hanson engaged in several arm-wrestling matches which Hanson won. The two later walked to…
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