Pears v. State

698 P.2d 1198 (1985)

Richard Paul PEARS, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

No. S-208.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 3, 1985.

Fleur Roberts, Law Offices of Dick L. Madson, Fairbanks, for petitioner.

Charles M. Merriner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for respondent.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

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…