Pletnikoff v. State

OPINION

SINGLETON, Judge.

Patrick Pletnikoff was convicted by a jury of two counts of sexual assault in the first degree, an unclassified felony, AS 11.-41.410(a)(1). S.J. was his alleged victim. Pletnikoff's appeal rests on two arguments. First, that the trial court erred in permitting the jury to consider the testimony of A.E., S.J.’s roommate, regarding an unrelated sexual encounter with the defendant approximately one week before the incident in question. And, second, that the trial court erred in failing to find ineffective assistance of counsel, where trial counsel failed to object to…