Bond v. State

OPINION

Before BRYNER, C.J., and COATS and SINGLETON, JJ. COATS, Judge.

Michael Bond was convicted by a jury of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the second degree, a class A felony. AS 11.71.020. A defendant convicted of a class A felony is subject to a *547maximum sentence of twenty years. The presumptive sentence for a first felony offender is five years. AS 12.55.125(c). Bond is a first felony offender. Trial Judge Roy H. Madsen concluded that imposing the five-year presumptive term would constitute manifest injustice and referred the case to the three-judge panel. AS 12.55.165. In…