Jimmy v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Carl Isaac Jimmy, Jr., was originally charged with murder in the first degree, AS 11.41.100(a)(1). He subsequently entered a nolo contendere plea to the lesser offense of murder in the second degree, AS 11.41.110. Superior Court Judge Christopher R. Cooke sentenced Jimmy to serve fifty years in prison, with twenty-five years suspended. Jimmy appeals, contending that the sentence is excessive. We affirm.

Jimmy relies primarily on Page v. State, 657 P.2d 850, 855 (Alaska App.1983), where we held:

A review of the sentences for second-degree murder considered by the…