Wharton v. State

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

In this sentence appeal, appellant Wharton challenges the superior court’s imposition of sentence as being excessive.1 Wharton entered a plea of guilty to one count of possession of cocaine, a violation of AS 17.-10.010,2 and was sentenced to one year imprisonment with no time suspended. We hold that Wharton’s sentence is excessive.

The events leading to the appellant’s arrest are not in dispute. On October 8,1976, at Bushy Bob’s in Alyeska’s Glennallen pipeline camp, two Alaska State Trooper investigators met an individual named Wynn3 who stated he would sell…