Torres v. State

OPINION

FITZGERALD, Justice.

On the morning of November 3, 197.1, eight year old Doretha Amouak was fast asleep in the children’s bedroom of the family apartment in Fairbanks, Alaska. Her invalid mother and two sisters were sleeping in an adjoining bedroom. Another sister was sleeping on the living room couch. The door to the apartment had been left unlocked, since Doretha’s father, Frank Amouak, worked irregular hours as a janitor. Shortly after 6:00 a. m., Dore-tha was awakened by a man kneeling beside her bed. She was unable to cry out since the intruder placed his hand across her mouth. He…