Berezyuk v. State

OPINION

Judge ALLARD.

A jury found Yuri Berezyuk guilty of second-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance (possession of heroin with -the intent to distribute) and fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance (simple possession) 1 after Wasilla police found Ber-ezyuk slumped over the wheel of his brother’s car and in possession .of 14 grams of heroin and other drug paraphernalia, At trial, the prosecutor sought to introduce evidence of Berezyuk’s prior conviction for possession of heroin with intent to distribute (which occurred ten years earlier) as evidence of…