Legal Opinion
State v. LaPorte
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided November 18, 1983No. 7220, 7285PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COATS, Judge.
Dale LaPorte pled nolo contendere to a charge of misconduct involving weapons in the first degree, AS 11.61.200(a)(1) 1 a class C felony. The indictment to which he pled charged LaPorte with being a previously convicted felon in possession of a concealable firearm. Because LaPorte had previously been convicted of burglary in a dwelling, he was subject to a two-year presumptive sentence. AS 12.55.125(e)(1).
Under the Revised Criminal Code the trial judge must impose this presumptive sentence unless he finds aggravating or mitigating factors. AS 12.55.125(g). 2 The only other…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Bozza v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- State v. ChaneyAlaska Supreme Court · 1970
- Juneby v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1982
- Robert Breest v. Raymond Helgemoe, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Juneby v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1983
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Love v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1990
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