Johnson v. State

This case requires us to interpret the Alaska Supreme Court's decision in Stone v. State.1 Stone was charged with manslaughter, two counts of assault, and driving under the influence.2 He also faced several petitions to revoke his probation. Stone entered into a plea agreement in which the State agreed to reduce the manslaughter charge to the less serious offense of criminally negligent homicide. Represented by an attorney from the Public Defender Agency, Stone agreed to enter a plea of no contest to that offense and to the other offenses and petitions to revoke. The plea agreement specified…