Legal Opinion
Tugatuk v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided April 10, 1981No. 4402PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.
On the morning of September 16,1977, in the Eskimo village of Aleknagik, Annie Maud and four of her children — Juline, age 9; Desmond, 5; Eugene, 3; and Adelaide, 18 months — were asleep in their home when David Tugatuk entered the residence, after a night of drinking, with a pistol in hand. He fired several shots and both Desmond and Adelaide were killed. Juline was shot in the arm, but she played dead and escaped further injury. Annie Maud, in getting up, threw blankets over Eugene, who was not shot. Enraged, Maud threw a hammer at Tugatuk and then ran out…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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3Cited by13 opinions
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