Buchanan v. State

OPINION

Before BOOCHEVER, C. J. and RABINO WITZ, CONNOR, ERWIN and BURKE, JJ. RABINO WITZ, Justice.

Appellant Terry Buchanan appeals from his conviction and sentence of 5 years’ imprisonment for the crime of lewd and lascivious acts toward a child in violation of AS 11.15.134. 1 In his appeal Buchanan has asserted six separate specifications of error pertaining to the trial and also has attacked the sentence imposed as excessive.

A brief review of the facts as developed at trial will be undertaken at this point before addressing seriatim Buchanan’s specifications of error. On October 18, 1974,…