Hutchings v. State

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Justice.

Harrison Leroy Hutchings was convicted of selling a stimulant drug in violation of AS 17.12.010. He asserts on appeal that the trial judge erroneously excluded impeachment evidence.

Jimmie Clements was employed as an undercover police officer in January of 1972. He testified at Hutchings’ trial that in the early morning hours of January 15, he was in the Gold Rush Bar when Verna Hof-hines, another undercover agent, introduced him to Hutchings. According to Clements’ account, Hutchings sold him what Hutchings represented to be 100 tablets of “speed” for $35. Subsequent…