Legal Opinion
State v. Carlson
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided March 15, 2019No. 2641 A-11636PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge ALLARD.
The State appeals the superior court's decision to grant post-conviction relief to Jason Lee Carlson, who was convicted of second-degree murder for killing his best friend, George Featherly. Carlson was convicted following two trials in the superior court. At both of these trials, Carlson was represented by Allen Dayan, a private criminal defense attorney hired by Carlson's parents.
During the investigation of the homicide, Carlson (who was then seventeen years old) gave conflicting accounts of Featherly's death to the police. Chief among these accounts was Carlson's assertion…
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