Legal Opinion
Covington v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided May 23, 1997No. A-5932PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COATS, Judge.
In 1983, Charles R. Covington was convicted of two counts of lewd and lascivious acts toward a child and four counts of sexual assault in the first degree. 1 Covington appealed several times. Ultimately, Superior Court Judge Jay Hodges sentenced Coving-ton to a composite term of 15 years of imprisonment with 2½ years suspended, followed by a period of 5 years of probation.
Covington was released on November 7, 1991, on mandatory parole to the Tennessee parole authorities. Covington’s parole requirements included general parole conditions as well as eight supplemental…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Guin v. HaAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
- Handley v. State, Department of RevenueAlaska Supreme Court · 1992
- Dale H. Sutherland v. Cecil McCall Chairman, United States Parole CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1983
- State v. GleasonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1990
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3Cited by5 opinions
- In Re the Protective Proceedings of Tammy J.Alaska Supreme Court · 2012
- Alexander v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2001
- Bailey v. State, Department of Corrections, Board of ParoleAlaska Supreme Court · 2010
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