Lee v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

John Lee pled no contest to assault in the first degree in violation of former AS 11.-41.200(a)(1). Superior Court Judge Seaborn J. Buckalew sentenced Lee to fifteen years in jail and specified that the first ten years of the sentence were imposed under the presumptive sentencing provisions of the revised criminal code, AS 12.55.125-.155. Lee appeals the validity of his sentence, claiming that Judge Buckalew should not have subjected him to presumptive sentencing and that Judge Buckalew’s findings with respect to aggravating and mitigating factors were erroneous.

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