Legal Opinion
Pears v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided May 3, 1985No. S-208PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MATTHEWS, Justice.
Richard Pears, driving while intoxicated and after being warned by a police officer not to drive, sped through two red lights and collided with another vehicle, killing two of its occupants and injuring another. Pears was convicted of two counts of second degree murder under AS 11.41.-*1200110(a)(2)1 and one count of assault in the second degree under AS 11.41.210(a)(2).2 He was sentenced to serve concurrent prison terms of twenty years for the murders and five years for the assault.3 His convictions and sentence were affirmed by the court of appeals, Pears v. State,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- State v. ChaneyAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- Neitzel v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1982
- Page v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1983
- Troyer v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
- Burleson v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1975
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3Cited by71 opinions
- State v. AndrewsCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1985
- State v. WooleryIdaho Supreme Court · 1989
- Tommy's Elbow Room, Inc. v. KavorkianAlaska Supreme Court · 1986
- State v. WentzAlaska Supreme Court · 1991
- Dancer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1986
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