Legal Opinion
Closson v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided June 7, 1991No. S-3722PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINO WITZ, Justice.
A jury convicted Tyoga Closson of theft in the second degree. The court of appeals affirmed the conviction. Closson v. State, 784 P.2d 661 (Alaska App.1989). We granted Closson’s petition for hearing on the questions of whether the state violated its obligations under an immunity agreement with Closson, and whether Closson was consequently entitled to have the immunity agreement specifically enforced.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
In October 1985, Closson stole a .45 caliber pistol from an Anchorage home where his girlfriend was housesitting. A friend and sometime…
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