Helmer v. State

616 P.2d 884 (1980)

James W. HELMER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

No. 4383.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 26, 1980.

David C. Backstrom, Deputy Public Defender, Fairbanks, and Brian C. Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

David Mannheimer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, BOOCHEVER,[*] BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ.

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

This is a sentence appeal. In the early morning hours of September 4, 1977, James Helmer raped and repeatedly struck on the head with a fireplace…