Palmer v. State

604 P.2d 1106 (1979)

John W. PALMER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

No. 3651.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 28, 1979.

Peter A. Galbraith, Galbraith & Frost, Anchorage, for appellant.

Mary Anne Henry, Asst. Dist. Atty., Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Craig M. Cornish, Asst. Public Defender, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant/amicus curiae.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, BOOCHEVER, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ.

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

After trial by jury in the district court, John W. Palmer, appellant, was…