Legal Opinion
Coffman v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided December 7, 2007No. A-9703PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
Sarah J. Coffman was convicted of first-degree burglary (burglary of a residence) and second-degree murder (felony murder of the homeowner). She received 25 years in prison for the murder, and a consecutive 5 years for the burglary.
Coffman appealed, raising several claims of evidentiary and procedural error, and also asserting that she received ineffective assistance from the attorney who represented her at trial. In Coffman v. State, Alaska App. Memorandum Opinion No. 4541 (March 6, 2002), 2002 WL 341988, we rejected all of these claims and affirmed Coffman's…
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