Speas v. State

CONNOR, Justice.

The instant sentence appeal reaches this Court in the context of appellant’s tragic personal history. Speas was sent to Fairbanks in July, 1969, by the Lutheran Hospital and Homes Society to be Administrator of the Society’s Fairbanks hospital. His duties included improving the hospital’s operating performance and professional standards to the level of accreditation standards and assisting in developing plans for a new hospital. These substantial responsibilities were made additionally difficult by a series of confrontations with doctors, members of the hospital medical staff,…