Adkinson v. State

611 P.2d 528 (1980)

James Rodney ADKINSON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

No. 3506.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 9, 1980.

A. Lee Petersen, Anchorage, for appellant.

David Mannheimer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

James Adkinson was charged in a two-count indictment with the offenses of manslaughter under AS 11.15.040[1] and negligent homicide under AS 11.15.080.[2] Both charges arose from an incident which occurred on October 10, 1976, when Steven…