Arnett v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Marcus G. Arnett was tried before a jury for sexually abusing his step-daughter, M.A. Arnett absconded in mid-trial. Trial continued in his absence, and the jury convicted him of three counts of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor in violation of former AS 11.41.434(a)(2)(B). Arnett was later arrested as a fugitive in Kentucky and extradited to Alaska; he pled no contest to an additional charge of wilful failure to appear in violation of AS 12.30.060(1). We affirmed Arnett’s conviction and sentence on the sexual abuse charges in Arnett v. State, Memorandum Opinion…