Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided May 31, 1991No. A-3574PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COATS, Judge.
Kenneth W. Jones was convicted, following a jury trial, of manslaughter and two counts of assault in the second degree. AS 11.41.120(a)(1); AS 11.41.210(a)(2). Superi- or Court Judge Charles K. Cranston sentenced Jones to a composite sentence of ten years with three- years suspended. Jones appeals his conviction. We affirm.
On July 4, 1985, Jones’ five-year-old son Wesley died, and two other children were seriously injured, as a result of a fire in a pick-up truck. In addition to Jones and Wesley, there were four other people riding in the truck that day: Jones’ girlfriend,…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. Ilario M.A. ZanninoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1990
- Love v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1969
- United States v. Murray Bowman Brown, United States of America v. Murray Bowman Brown, A/K/A Bowman Brown, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
- State v. JonesCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1988
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