ITTA v. State

OPINION

COATS, Chief Judge.

Emanuel L. Itta was convicted of assault in the first degree 1 for participating in an assault that seriously injured Ulak Hope Jr. Itta raises two issues on appeal.

Itta’s first issue arises from the fact that, at trial, the State asked permission to introduce evidence of Itta’s other assaultive conduct under Alaska Evidence Rule 404(b)(1). The trial judge, Superior Court Judge Mark I. Wood, ruled (based on the content of the State’s case-in-chief) that the probative value of the proposed evidence was outweighed by its potential for unfair prejudice, and thus it…