Sawyer v. State

244 P.3d 1130 (2010)

Derek D. SAWYER, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

No. A-10160.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

January 7, 2010.

Christine S. Schleuss, Law Office of Christine Schleuss, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Tamara E. de Lucia, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Daniel S. Sullivan, Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

Before: COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and BOLGER, Judges.

OPINION

BOLGER, Judge.

Derek D. Sawyer was convicted of murder for killing his wife, Gretchen Sawyer. Sawyer's defense at trial was that Gretchen either…