Brandenburg v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Robert A. Brandenburg pled nolo con-tendere to one count of misconduct involving a controlled substance (cocaine) in the third degree, in violation of AS. 11.71.-030(a)(1). Superior Court Judge J. Justin Ripley sentenced Brandenburg to eight years’ imprisonment, with three years suspended. Brandenburg appeals, contending that his sentence is excessive. We affirm.

THE OFFENSE

On August 22, 1983, Mark Flechsing, an undercover agent of the Metropolitan Drug Unit accompanied Alexander Resek, Sr., to the Anchorage residence of Robert Brandenburg. Resek told Flechsing that…