Espinoza v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Juan K. Espinoza pled no contest to one count of third-degree assault, AS 11.41.220(a)(1). In return for his plea, the state agreed to recommend a sentencing cap of one year’s unsuspended incarceration and to dismiss the original charge of attempted second-degree murder. Superior Court Judge Michael A. Thompson sentenced Espinoza to three years’ imprisonment with two and one-half years suspended. As a result of a probation revocation action stemming from Espinoza’s involvement in a DWI shortly after his assault conviction, Judge Thompson later imposed six months of…