Legal Opinion
Owens v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 20, 1980No. 4331PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.
Ronald Owens was convicted of burglary in a dwelling and grand larceny. On appeal, he claims that he was prejudiced by jury exposure during his trial to evidence previously ruled inadmissible by the trial judge. We find that Owens waived his right to object to this error. Therefore, his conviction is Affirmed.
On January 10, 1978, John Brookman reported a burglary to the Sitka police. The following day the Sitka newspaper reported the burglary and listed the items stolen. The next morning the police received a telephone call from an anonymous woman, who said…
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