Price v. State

OPINION

SINGLETON, Judge.

Vernon Price contends that his conviction of two counts of burglary should be reversed because of the trial court’s failure to give a mandatory instruction relating to accomplice testimony. We find that the court’s failure to give the instruction rendered Price’s trial fundamentally unfair and constitutes a miscarriage of justice, and thus, we reverse the conviction and remand the case for further proceédings.

On October 13, 1972, Vernon Jones, Phillip Smilie, and Vernon Price were indicted on two counts of burglary in a dwelling in violation of former AS 11.20.080. 1…