Pears v. State

672 P.2d 903 (1983)

Richard Paul PEARS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

No. 6783.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

November 25, 1983.

Dick L. Madson, Cowper & Madson, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Charles M. Merriner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, and Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before BRYNER, C.J., and COATS and SINGLETON, JJ.

OPINION

COATS, Judge.

While driving while intoxicated, Richard Pears caused an automobile accident in which two people died and one was injured. The state charged Pears with two counts of murder in the second degree, and one count of assault in the second…