Jordan v. State

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

After trial by jury, appellant was convicted of assault with intent to kill one Mac Saling, in violation of AS 11.15.160. 1 Saling was an assistant harbormaster at Ketchikan, Alaska. Appellant was the owner of a trolling boat moored at Ketchi-kan, Alaska, at the time of the incident which resulted in appellant’s conviction.

On the morning of June 13, 1968, at about 8:00 a. m., Saling ascended from Thomas Basin, a small boat harbor in Ketchikan, to the ramp where his Volkswagen bus was parked. He found the door to the bus partly open and on the seat was a flashlight which…