Legal Opinion
Braham v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided November 10, 1977No. 2558PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DIMOND, Justice Pro Tern.
In this criminal action, a contract is involved — a contract to kill.
According to testimony at the trial, appellant, Harold Braham, hired Jeffrey Koel-zer to kill David Peterson. Braham was convicted of attempted first degree murder. He appeals on a number of grounds. The first is that the evidence was insufficient to warrant an indictment for attempted murder and also insufficient to withstand a motion for a judgment of acquittal at the close of the state’s case. Before we address this question, the factual background of the case must be examined in some…
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