Legal Opinion
Dorman v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided January 23, 1981No. 4444PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.
John G. Dorman appeals his conviction of the second degree murder of Arthur E. Sutherland. Dorman advances several specifications of error concerning his motions for acquittal and for a new trial, improper argument to the jury by the prosecutor, introduction of evidence of prior crimes, and certain jury instructions. On the basis of the improper argument point, we reverse the conviction and remand for a new trial.
The investigation of this case began on May 14, 1977, with the discovery of a body, later identified as that of Sutherland, in water off the edge of…
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