State v. Williams

OPINION

COATS, Judge.

Following Travis Dean Williams’ acquittal of a charge of murder in the first degree, the state charged him with two counts of hindering prosecution in the first degree, AS 11.56.770, 1 and with one count of tampering with evidence, AS 11.56.610. 2 Superior Court Judge Ralph E. Moody dismissed the indictment on double jeopardy grounds. The state now appeals, arguing only that it was improper to have dismissed the charge of tampering with evidence.

On the evening of March 10, 1980, the body of Thomas Andrus was found in his burning pickup truck on a road near Peters Creek.…