Legal Opinion
Garner v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided January 3, 1986No. A-731PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COATS, Judge.
Douglas Garner was convicted following a jury trial, of manslaughter, AS 11.41.120, for causing the death of eighteen-month-old Justin Pahang on September 29, 1983. Justin Pahang was the son of Linda Miller and Garner was Miller’s live-in boy friend.
On September 27, 1983, Justin was sick and Garner stayed home with him while Miller went to work. The facts presented at trial establish that Justin died from injuries, the result of child abuse, which were inflicted on September 27, 1983. Only two people could have inflicted Justin’s injuries that day: Garner or J.H., the next…
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