State v. Rastopsoff

OPINION

Before BRYNER, C.J., and COATS and SINGLETON, JJ. BRYNER, Chief Judge.

In this case the State of Alaska seeks review of an order entered by the superior court’s three-judge sentencing panel holding that Alaska’s presumptive sentencing statutes are unconstitutional as applied to respondent, Nicholas Z. Rastopsoff. We have granted review because the three-judge sentencing panel’s ruling involves a significant question of law as to which a substantial ground for difference of opinion exists, and because immediate review will advance an important public interest. See Alaska R.App.P.…