Perotti v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Byran Perotti pled no contest to a charge of first-degree murder. Superior Court Judge Niesje J. Steinkruger sentenced Per-otti to a maximum term of ninety-nine years. Perotti appeals, contending that the sentence is excessive. We affirm.

On January 4, 1989, Perotti, then sixteen years old, abducted eighteen-year-old Johnny Jackson from a Fairbanks restaurant where Jackson worked. Perotti drove with Jackson to the Tanana River. After holding Jackson hostage in his car for approximately one and one-half hours, Perotti walked him to an island in the middle of the…