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Rogers v. State

Court of Appeals of Alaska

Decided June 15, 2012No. A-10635PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BOLGER, Judge.

Christopher Erin Rogers Jr. was convicted of first-degree murder, two counts of attempted first-degree murder, and several related crimes, after he confessed to shooting three people in Anchorage over several days in early December 2007, killing one person and seriously injuring two others. At trial on these charges, Rogers's attorney conceded that Rogers shot and wounded the third vie-tim and stole his car, but he argued that Rogers had falsely confessed to the other two shootings, including the murder. The jury rejected this defense and convicted Rogers of most of the…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. United States v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. Holmes v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  3. People v. SamaniegoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2009
  4. United States v. Ayala-GarciaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2009
  5. United States v. Edward Seals and Earnest D'Marco JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Hess v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 2018
  2. Hess v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2016
  3. Hinson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2016
  4. Rossiter v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2017
  5. Kail Jay Vanderpool v. State of AlaskaCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2025

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