Peetook v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Ryan Peetook was convicted on his plea of nolo contendere to an information charging him with sexual assault in the first degree, in violation of AS 11.41.410(a)(1). First degree sexual assault was, at the time of Peetook’s offense, a class A felony. Former AS 11.41.410(b). 1 After Peetook’s plea was accepted a sentencing hearing was held, and Superior Court Judge Jay Hodges sentenced Peetook to a term of twenty years’ imprisonment, with five years suspended. Peetook appeals this sentence as excessive. We affirm.

Peetook initially asserts that he was given a maximum…