Legal Opinion
Butts v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided August 23, 2002No. A-7678PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COATS, Chief Judge.
A jury convicted Clynton D. Butts of robbery in the second degree 1 for forcibly taking a woman's purse from her. He appeals his conviction, arguing that the trial court erred in refusing to dismiss the indictment against him and that his sentence is excessive. We affirm.
Butts was indicted on January 20, 1999, for robbery in the second degree. The grand jury and trial testimony described the basis of the charge as follows: Butts accosted Cheryl Joens in the parking lot of the Bentley Mall Safeway in Fairbanks at about 10:30 pm. on January 14, 1999. Joens heard…
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