Davenport v. State

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and CON-NOR, ERWIN, BOOCHEVER and FITZGERALD, JJ. CONNOR, Justice.

Tyrone Davenport appeals from a judgment, after a jury verdict, of guilty of receiving and concealing stolen property in violation of AS 11.20.350.

Two questions are presented on this appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred in allowing the prosecution to introduce, for the purpose of impeaching appellant’s testimony, evidence relating to a different crime for which Davenport had already been convicted, and (2) whether the trial court adequately instructed the jury as to the reasonable doubt…