Calapp v. State

OPINION

COATS, Judge.

Phillip D. Calapp was convicted by a Kenai jury of theft in the second degree. AS 11.46.130(a)(1). Superior Court Judge Jonathan H. Link sentenced Calapp to five years of imprisonment with two years suspended. Calapp appeals, arguing that Judge Link erred when he allowed the state to reveal to the jury Calapp’s prior convictions for forgery and theft. We reverse.

On December 31,1994, someone broke into the Kenai Pawn Shop and stole various items, including twenty-four envelopes containing jewelry. Four or five days later a woman brought two rings into the same shop to pawn…