Legal Opinion
Dresnek v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided May 2, 1986No. S-963, S-973, S-1085, S-1122 and S-1231PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
We have granted review in these cases, limited to the question of “whether a trial court may give, over the criminal defendant’s objection, a ‘transition’ instruction that the jurors must unanimously find the defendant not guilty of a greater offense before they may render a verdict on whether he is guilty of any lesser included offense.” The court of appeals answered this question in the affirmative. We agree for the reasons stated by the court of appeals in Dresnek v. State, 697 P.2d 1059 (Alaska App.1985).
AFFIRMED.
3Cases cited1 opinion
- Dresnek v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1985
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