Hughes v. State

OPINION

COATS, Judge.

Michael Hughes appeals to this court raising issues concerning his conviction and sentence of twenty years imprisonment for the crime of manslaughter, and his conviction and sentence of seven and one-half years imprisonment for the crime of attempted armed robbery. We affirm Hughes’ manslaughter conviction and sentence and reverse the attempted armed robbery conviction and sentence.

Early on the morning of September 30, 1978, Michael Hughes, Jeffrey Murdock and Manuel Robinson forcibly entered Michael Cornett’s Anchorage apartment. Cornett and his guest, Dennis Vandelaar,…