Legal Opinion
St. John v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided March 21, 1986No. A-779PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SINGLETON, Judge.
Steven St. John was convicted by a jury of one count of manslaughter, AS 11.41.-120(a)(1), and one count of assault in the second degree, AS 11.41.210(a)(2). The facts are not in dispute. At approximately 1:00 a.m. on November 5, 1983, St. John was driving on the wrong side of the road, travelling north in the southbound lane of a divided highway known locally as the Minnesota Bypass, between Raspberry Road and International Airport Road. St. John was driving without his lights on. He apparently engaged his lights moments before he collided head on with another vehicle…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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