Legal Opinion
Fletcher v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided June 10, 2011No. A-10455Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BOLGER, Judge.
In 1985, the superior court waived juvenile jurisdiction over Winona M. Fletcher, and she then pleaded no contest to two counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder. In 2005, Fletcher filed an application for post-conviction relief, alleging that new evidence required that her convietion be vacated. The new evidence consisted of the recantation of Fletcher's co-defendant and new research on juvenile brain development suggesting that she would have been amenable to treatment as a juvenile.
The superior court dismissed Fletcher's application, and she…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Blackledge v. PerrySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Menna v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Cooksey v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- State v. BurnightIdaho Supreme Court · 1999
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