Legal Opinion

LaBarbera v. State

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided August 17, 1979No. 3445PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

Charles LaBarbera, nineteen years old, pled guilty to charges of manslaughter and robbery committed by the use of a firearm. On appeal he contends that his sentence to concurrent fifteen-year terms of imprisonment is excessive. 1 His second contention is that the superior court erred in refusing to modify the sentence by ordering that he be released to Family House, a therapeutic community, after serving three years of his fifteen-year sentence. Such a modification would enable appellant to complete a two-year rehabilitation program there by the time he would be eligible…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McClain v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
  2. Rust v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Abraham v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
  4. Rust v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1978

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Nell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1982
  2. Sovalik v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
  3. Whitehead v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1999
  4. State v. CombsCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2003
  5. State v. AmbroseCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1988

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