Garroutte v. State

CONNOR, Justice.

Garroutte appeals his conviction by a jury for the crime of receiving and concealing stolen property, in violation of AS 11.20.350. His sole claim of error is that a certain remark made by the prosecutor in his final argument appealed to the jury’s prejudice, thus constituting reversible error.

Garroutte was charged with receiving and concealing a Volkswagen sedan automobile, knowing it to have been stolen. His defense was that he did not know the car had been stolen. In the course of trial, several references were made to Gar-routte’s association with the “Brothers,” a…