Legal Opinion
Potts v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided February 11, 1986No. A-247PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SINGLETON, Judge.
Following a jury trial, Dennis Potts was convicted of attempted sexual assault in the first degree (Count I). Former AS 11.41.410(a)(4) and AS 11.31.100(a). He was also convicted of sexual abuse of a minor (Count II). Former AS 11.41.-440(a)(2). Potts appeals his convictions on several grounds: that the indictment did not provide sufficient notice, that there were constitutional infirmities in jury instructions dealing with mental states for the alleged crimes, and that there was prosecutorial misconduct amounting to reversible error. We affirm Potts’ conviction for…
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