Legal Opinion
Bentley v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided December 27, 1985No. A-454PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COATS, Judge.
Donald Bentley was convicted of assault in the second degree, AS 11.41.210(a)(1), and appeals both his conviction and sentence. We find that the trial court erred in admitting evidence of certain past acts of Bentley and accordingly reverse the conviction.
Bentley was charged with assault in the second degree for allegedly stabbing Kenneth Nekeferoff. The stabbing occurred on board a fishing boat moored at the transient dock in Kodiak. Bentley, Nekef-eroff and three others were the only persons on board the boat at the time. No one actually saw Nekeferoff get stabbed;…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- United States v. Frank W. WinstonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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- Lerchenstein v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1985
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