Sandvik v. State

OPINION

Before BOOCHEVER, C. J., and RABI-NOWITZ, CONNOR, ERWIN and BURKE, JJ. RABINO WITZ, Justice.

Glen R. Sandvik appeals from a sentence of twenty years’ imprisonment with eight years suspended, imposed after his plea of guilty to the offense of negligent homicide under AS 11.15.080. 1 At issue on this sentence appeal is whether the presentence report’s detailed information about the fifteen-year-old victim so tainted the sentencing process as to require resentencing. Additionally, it is contended that the sentence is excessive.

On June 13, 1975, Glen Sandvik, while driving an automobile…