State v. McPherson

855 P.2d 420 (1993)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner,

v.

Donald J. McPHERSON, Respondent.

No. S-4294.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 2, 1993.

John A. Scukanec, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Sp. Prosecutions & Appeals, Anchorage, and Charles E. Cole, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for petitioner.

Rex Lamont Butler, Anchorage, for respondent.

Before MOORE, C.J., RABINOWITZ, BURKE, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

I. Introduction

The State of Alaska petitions for hearing from the decision of the court of appeals reversing the trial court's sentence of twenty years imprisonment for defendant Donald J.…