Legal Opinion
Lowery v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided October 14, 1988No. A-1477PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COATS, Judge.
Todd J. Lowery was convicted, following a jury trial, of murder in the first degree. AS 11.41.100(a)(1). Judge Walter Carpene-ti sentenced Lowery to fifty years’ imprisonment with twenty years suspended.
Lowery was charged with murder for the killing of Ronald Ritter on March 14, 1984. At trial, Lowery defended on the ground that he had killed Ritter in self-defense.
THE HONEY BUCKET INCIDENT
Lowery first argues that Judge Carpene-ti erred in allowing evidence of an argument between Lowery and Dale Allen over Allen’s failure to empty a “honey bucket.” The state made the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United States v. NoblesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Tanner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- People v. SmallSupreme Court of Colorado · 1981
- Lerchenstein v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1985
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