Pedersen v. State

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

The tragic odyssey of the Sitka and its crew began in the spring of 1963 at Crescent City, California, and ended at Kelp Bay in the coastal waters of Alaska. On May 20, 1963, while the Sitka lay anchored off Pond Island in Kelp Bay, Lawrence (Tiny) Tabor was severely wounded in the abdomen by a shotgun blast. 1 Tiny Tabor died later that evening during emergency surgery after having been flown by the Coast Guard to Juneau.

Subsequently an indictment was returned in which appellant was charged with the first degree murder of Lawrence Tabor. Appellant was found guilty…