Legal Opinion

Grossman v. State

Court of Appeals of Alaska

Decided September 23, 2005No. A-8689PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

COATS, Chief Judge.

William D. Grossman appeals his conviction and sentence for murder in the second degree. He first contends that Superior Court Judge Larry D. Card erred in instructing the jury on Grossman's liability as an accomplice. We conclude that the instruction was proper. Second, Grossman argues that his 99-year sentence is illegal because Judge Card imposed a sentence beyond the benchmark range, which we first set out in Page v. State, of 20 to 80 years for second-degree murder. Grossman argues that, under the United States Supreme Court's decision in Blakely v. Washington,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Blakely v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Page v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1983
  3. Edmonds v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2005
  4. Sam v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1992
  5. Phillips v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2003

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Smart v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2006
  2. Grossman v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2005
  3. Smart v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2006

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