Hansen v. State

OPINION

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice, and RABINO WITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, Justices. CONNOR, Justice.

Robert Chris Hansen entered a plea of guilty to larceny in a building in violation of AS 11.20.150.1 He was sentenced to five years incarceration with the proviso that he be eligible for parole at the earliest possible date and that he receive psychiatric therapy to ease his transition back into the community. Hansen appeals this sentence as excessive.2

The instant offense occurred on November 3, 1976 while Hansen was shopping in an Anchorage department store. A store security guard…