Legal Opinion
Hansen v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided January 22, 1993No. A-3863PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
Following a jury trial in the superior court, Wallace A. Hansen was convicted of second-degree murder (felony murder), AS 11.41.110(a)(3), and second-degree arson, AS 11.46.410(a). He appeals his convictions. We reverse Hansen’s second-degree murder conviction; we affirm his second-degree arson conviction.
On January 21, 1990, Kenai resident John Griffiths was shot to death, his property stolen, and his trailer burned, apparently to conceal the first two crimes. A Kenai grand jury indicted Hansen and two other men, Peter Krus and Douglas Wilson, for first-degree…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Gray v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- DeSacia v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- Thomas v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
- Potts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1986
- Elisovsky v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- Bobby v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1997
- Miller v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2013
- Totemoff v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1993
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