Legal Opinion

Russell v. State

Court of Appeals of Alaska

Decided March 28, 1997No. A-5709PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Danny L. Russell appeals his conviction for first-degree sexual assault, AS 11.41.410(a). Russell questions various evidentiary rulings made by the trial court, and he asserts that the trial court committed plain error in two of its jury instructions. Russell also challenges his sentence. We affirm.

Russell was charged with raping his wife, T.R., from whom he was separated. Russell and T.R. married in April 1993, but they separated eleven months later (in March 1994). T.R. remained in Ketchikan, and Russell went to Prince of Wales Island.

The marriage was marked by…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  2. Dyson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
  3. Petersen v. Mutual Life Insuarance Co. of New YorkAlaska Supreme Court · 1990
  4. Braham v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Des Jardins v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1976

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Taylor v. JohnstonAlaska Supreme Court · 1999
  2. Cora G. v. State of Alaska, DHSS, OCS, Justin D. v. State of Alaska, DHSS, OCSAlaska Supreme Court · 2020
  3. Burton v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2008
  4. L.C.H. v. T.S.Alaska Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Pitka v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2000

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