Pointer v. Municipality of Anchorage

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

A jury convicted Nathaniel Pointer of assault for striking his wife three times in the face with his fist. Anchorage Municipal Code (AMC) § 08.05.030.1 Superior Court Judge J. Justin Ripley, acting as a district court judge, sentenced Pointer to one year with no time suspended. Pointer appeals his sentence as excessive. We affirm.

At sentencing, the prosecutor informed the court that Pointer had a lengthy misdemeanor record, consisting of fourteen prior convictions: larceny in 1978; eluding a police officer in 1980; leaving the scene of an accident, driving while…