Poggas v. State

OPINION

COATS, Judge.

James Poggas was convicted of five counts of selling marijuana under former AS 17.12.010. He was sentenced to five concurrent three-year sentences by Judge Justin Ripley. Poggas appealed his convictions and sentences to this court. We have affirmed Poggas’ convictions in an unpublished opinion. Poggas v. State, MO & J No. 300 (Alaska App. February 25, 1983). Since Poggas’ sentence appeal raised issues similar to the issues raised in the sentence appeal filed by Douglas Winfield, we have combined these two sentence appeals for consideration.

Poggas was convicted of selling…