Legal Opinion
Linton v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided August 11, 1995No. A-4834PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ON REHEARING
BRYNER, Chief Judge.
In Linton v. State, 880 P.2d 123 (Alaska App.1994), we affirmed the first-degree murder conviction of Lance D. Linton. We held, in relevant part, that a hearsay statement made by Linton’s father, John Linton, had properly been admitted at trial under Alaska Rule of Evidence 804(b)(3), the statement- against-penal-interest exception to the hearsay rule. 1 Linton, 880 P.2d at 129.
Shortly before our Linton opinion was published, the United States Supreme Court decided Williamson v. United States, — U.S.—, 114 S.Ct. 2431, 129 L.Ed.2d 476 (1994). In…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Williamson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Vest v. First National Bank of FairbanksAlaska Supreme Court · 1983
- Garroutte v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1984
- Linton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1994
- Rosson v. BoydAlaska Supreme Court · 1986
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Wyatt v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1999
- United States v. HammondDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1996
- Hosier v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2000
- Linton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2001