Legal Opinion
Galbraith v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided January 18, 1985No. A-197PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SINGLETON, Judge.
Brian Galbraith was convicted of attempted kidnapping and given the class A felony presumptive sentence of five years. AS 12.55.125(c)(1). Galbraith appeals, arguing that he should have been sentenced as a class B offender. He contends alternatively that the applicable presumptive sentencing provisions were improperly enacted in Chapter 143, SLA 1982. We affirm.
In November 1982, Galbraith came up behind T.M. in a store parking lot, placed a hard object against her lower back, and told her to get in her car. She turned around, and seeing a complete stranger, she backed…
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