Flores v. State

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

Jimmy O’Day and George Secco were murdered near Palmer, Alaska, in May of 1966. Appellant, Noe Flores, was thereafter indicted on two counts of murder in the first degree. After trial a superior court jury found appellant guilty of murder in the first degree as to Jimmy O’Day’s death and returnd a verdict of manslaughter concerning the death of George Secco. Appellant received a life sentence as to the first degree murder conviction and a concurrent 20-year sentence upon the manslaughter conviction.

Appellant’s initial contention in this appeal questions the legal…