Legal Opinion
Gipson v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided April 18, 1980No. 3594PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BURKE, Justice.
Willard Gipson was tried in the superior court on an indictment charging him with the first degree murder of Vanleftrick Austin Allen, Jr. A jury found Gipson guilty of the lesser included offense of murder in the second degree. He now appeals that conviction and the sentence imposed. We affirm.
Gipson was employed as a clerk at the Airport Lodge in Fairbanks, Alaska. On November 30, 1976, after working from 5:00 a. m. to 2:30 p. m., Gipson began drinking, which he continued to do for the next several hours at various locations in and around the city. Around midnight,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- State v. ChaneyAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- McClain v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- Love v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1969
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3Cited by17 opinions
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