Legal Opinion
White v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided April 5, 2013No. A-10902PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
A jury found Brett R. White guilty of fourth-degree assault. After the jury returned this verdict, White asked the district court to order a new trial under Aaska Criminal Rule 33(a), on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence. The district court denied this motion, but the court’s written decision suggests that the court may have employed the wrong legal test when deciding this issue.
As this Court explained in Taylor v. State, 262 P.3d 232 (Aaska App.2011), when a trial judge is asked to grant a new trial on the ground that the jury’s…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Amidon v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1977
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- Hogg v. Raven Contractors, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 2006
- Howell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1996
- Taylor v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2011
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