Raphael v. State

994 P.2d 1004 (2000)

Wilfred RAPHAEL, Petitioner,

v.

STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

No. S-8645.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 7, 2000.

Rehearing Denied February 3, 2000.

James T. LaVecchia, Kenai, for Petitioner.

Kenneth M. Rosenstein, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Respondent.

Before MATTHEWS, Chief Justice, EASTAUGH, FABE, BRYNER, and CARPENETI, Justices.

OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

The prosecutor in Wilfred Raphael's assault and kidnapping trial told the trial judge at an ex parte hearing that the complaining witness, I.W., was…