Goenett v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

James Goenett was originally charged with three counts of sexual assault in the first degree, in violation of AS 11.41.-410(a)(1). He was convicted of one count upon entering a plea of no contest; the two remaining counts were dismissed. At the time of Goenett’s crime first-degree sexual assault was a class A felony, punishable by a maximum term of twenty years. Presumptive sentences of ten and fifteen years were prescribed for second and subsequent felony offenders.1 Goenett was a first felony offender and thus was not subject to presumptive sentencing. Superior…