Kvasnikoff v. State

ERWIN, Justice.

The determinative issue in this appeal is whether there was sufficient evidence to support the superior court’s finding that appellant was guilty of the crime of manslaughter.

At approximately 10:00 p. m. on September 2, 1972, Kitty Kvasnikoff was discovered unconscious in a hotel room in Seward, Alaska. She was taken to a hospital and there pronounced dead. An autopsy determined that she died from internal bleeding caused, according to the examining physician, by a sharp blow to her lower abdomen.

Appellant Emil Kvasnikoff, the decedent’s husband, was arrested on September 5,…