Rosendahl v. State

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

The superior court sentenced John Rosen-dahl to concurrent ten year terms of imprisonment upon his pleas of nolo contendere to separate counts of negligent homicide 1 and failure to render assistance. 2 This sentence appeal followed. 3

In Layland v. State, 549 P.2d 1182, 1184 (Alaska 1976) we wrote:

Recent statistics indicate that thousands of innocent people are killed or seriously injured nationwide each year by automobile drivers who take to the road in spite of the fact that they are highly intoxicated. Unlike many crimes, the victim has no way of protecting…