Hampel v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Roger H. Hampel appeals an order entered by Superior Court Judge Milton M. Souter denying Hampel’s application for post-conviction relief. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Hampel was convicted of first-degree murder for the 1982 murder of James Music. This court overturned the conviction and remanded for a new trial in Hampel v. State, 706 P.2d 1173 (Alaska App.1985). In 1986, Hampel agreed to plead no contest to the first-degree murder charge in return for an agreement by the state that Hampel would receive no more than sixty years’ imprisonment. Superior…