Smith v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

In this case, we must determine whether manifest injustice resulted from the three-judge sentencing panel’s failure to consider, as a mitigating factor in sentencing, favorable information pertaining to the defendants’ potential for rehabilitation.

Christopher Smith and Walter King were each charged with two counts of robbery in the first degree, a violation of AS 11.41.-500(a)(1), and were convicted after entering pleas of no contest and guilty. Both men, though first felony offenders, were subject to seven-year presumptive terms of imprisonment. AS 12.55.125(c). At…