Preston v. State

615 P.2d 594 (1980)

Melody PRESTON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

No. 3757.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 8, 1980.

David C. Steward and Thomas G. Nave, Asst. Public Defenders, Fairbanks, and Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Rhonda F. Butterfield, Asst. Dist. Atty., Harry L. Davis, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, BOOCHEVER,[*] BURKE, and MATTHEWS, JJ.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

Melody Preston appeals from her conviction of burglary in a dwelling[1] and the superior court's…