Donlun v. State

OPINION

Before BOOCHEVER, C. J., and RABI-NOWITZ, CONNOR, ERWIN and •BURKE, JJ. RABINOWITZ, Justice.

In Donlun v. State, 527 P.2d 472 (Alaska 1974), we held that the superior court erred when it imposed a maximum sentence of 10 years, with 4 suspended, upon Robert Donlun’s conviction of the crime of burglary in a dwelling.1 The primary issue in Donlun’s first appeal centered on the applicability of AS 11.20.080 to the sentencing proceedings which culminated in Donlun’s receiving a 10-year sentence. Recognizing that AS 11.20.080 provided for a range of sentences which in turn were dependent upon…