Legal Opinion
Wilson v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided October 23, 1998No. A-6396PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
In February 1995, Arthur Earl Wilson, Jr., was an inmate in the detention unit of the McLaughlin Youth Center. In the early morning hours of February 21st, Wilson tried to escape; his plan was to seize a set of keys from one of the counselors in the detention unit, Abby Baskin.
Using a strip of fabric torn from a towel, Wilson attacked Baskin, wrapping the fabric around her neck and strangling her. Wilson then pulled Baskin into his cell, pushed her down on his bed, and tried to wrest the keys from her control. Unable to gain control of the keys, Wilson continued to…
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