Cheely v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Raymond D. Cheely was convicted of second-degree murder, AS 11.41.110(a)(2), following a jury trial in the Anchorage superi- or court. He appeals his conviction as well as the 60-year prison term he received. We affirm Cheely’s conviction and his 60-year sentence, but we remand this case to the superior court for reconsideration of the restriction on Cheely’s parole eligibility.

On the evening of October 19, 1990, Cheely and two friends, Douglas Gustafson and George Kerr, were traveling on the Glenn Highway in Gustafson’s AMC Eagle. Cheely was driving; Gustafson sat in…