Legal Opinion
Keith v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided May 30, 1980No. 4003PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.
Robert Keith was indicted for the second degree murder 1 of Nicholas Krivitsky. Af ter a jury trial, at which it was undisputed that Keith shot and killed Krivitsky, he was convicted of manslaughter. 2 From this conviction, Keith raises five issues on appeal.
He claims error in the misstatement of fact and alleged material misrepresentation in the grand jury proceeding, alleged prose-cutorial misconduct and objections as to both the giving and failure to give certain instructions. We find the exclusion of the victim’s journal and the giving of an instruction…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Berra v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Schiller TotoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- People v. CALVARESTSupreme Court of Colorado · 1975
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3Cited by47 opinions
- People v. JohnsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1986
- Neitzel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1982
- Mills v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1985
- Page v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1983
- Johns v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
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