Bennett v. Municipality of Anchorage

OPINION

COATS, Chief Judge.

Steven L. Bennett was convicted of assaulting his wife. On appeal, he argues that the district court erred by admitting testimony about a previous incident involving his wife. Bennett argues that this prior incident should not have been admitted as a “crime of domestic violence” — because, according to Bennett, he did not assault his wife in the earlier incident, but rather injured her in self-defense. Bennett also argues that the court should have ordered the Municipality to produce more evidence of this prior incident before finding that it was a crime of domestic…