OPINION BOLGER, Judge. A jury convicted Michael A. Lawson of felony murder and other crimes for the shooting death of Bethany Correira. At trial, Lawson did not dispute that he shot Correira and that she died as a result, but the jury heard conflicting evidence on the circumstances that led to the shooting. Some of the State's evidence suggested Correira was killed during an attempted rape or kidnapping, while other evidence suggested she was killed after she walked in on a drug deal. The...
OPINION COATS, Chief Judge. Justin G. Liddicoat was convicted of several offenses related to his assault on his former girlfriend. He was also convicted of weapons misconduct for not informing the officer who arrested him for these offenses that he was carrying a steak knife. After the jury returned its verdicts, Liddicoat filed a motion for a new trial, asking the superior court for an evidentiary hearing on his claim that one of the jurors in his case failed to disclose in voir dire that...
Memorandum decisions of this court do not create legal precedent. See Alaska Appellate Rule 214(d) and Paragraph 7 of the Guidelines for Publication of Court of Appeals Decisions (Court of Appeals Order No. 3). Accordingly, this memorandum decision may not be cited as binding precedent for any proposition of law. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT COATS, Chief Judge. David T. Prince was convicted of murder in the second degree, 1 three counts of assault in the first degree, 2 and...
Memorandum decisions of this court do not create legal precedent. See Alaska Appellate Rule 214(d) and Paragraph 7 of the Guidelines for Publication of Court of Appeals Decisions (Court of Appeals Order No. 3). Accordingly, this memorandum decision may not be cited as binding precedent for any proposition of law. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT COATS, Chief Judge. On June 20, 2006, while pulling up to a traffic light at an Anchorage intersection, Randy McDaniel and Robert Gardner,...
Memorandum decisions of this court do not create legal precedent. See Alaska Appellate Rule 214(d) and Paragraph 7 of the Guidelines for Publication of Court of Appeals Decisions (Court of Appeals Order No. 3). Accordingly, this memorandum decision may not be cited as binding precedent for any proposition of law. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT COATS, Chief Judge. On June 8, 2007, Edward Honegger received a call from his home security provider, notifying him that an alarm had gone off...
Memorandum decisions of this court do not create legal precedent. See Alaska Appellate Rule 214(d) and Paragraph 7 of the Guidelines for Publication of Court of Appeals Decisions (Court of Appeals Order No. 3). Accordingly, this memorandum decision may not be cited as binding precedent for any proposition of law. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT BOLGER, Judge. John Hersh appeals from several convictions relating to his sexual abuse of his two daughters, A.H. and C.H. Hersh argues that the...
Memorandum decisions of this court do not create legal precedent. See Alaska Appellate Rule 214(d) and Paragraph 7 of the Guidelines for Publication of Court of Appeals Decisions (Court of Appeals Order No. 3). Accordingly, this memorandum decision may not be cited as binding precedent for any proposition of law. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT BOLGER, Judge. Kyle M. Jackovich appeals his conviction for felony driving while under the influence. He claims that the superior court...
Memorandum decisions of this court do not create legal precedent. See Alaska Appellate Rule 214(d) and Paragraph 7 of the Guidelines for Publication of Court of Appeals Decisions (Court of Appeals Order No. 3). Accordingly, this memorandum decision may not be cited as binding precedent for any proposition of law. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT BOLGER, Judge. MANNHEIMER, Judge, concurring. COATS, Chief Judge, dissenting. In his post-conviction application, Harold Sakar alleged that...
Memorandum decisions of this court do not create legal precedent. See Alaska Appellate Rule 214(d) and Paragraph 7 of the Guidelines for Publication of Court of Appeals Decisions (Court of Appeals Order No. 3). Accordingly, this memorandum decision may not be cited as binding authority for any proposition of law. MEMORANDUM OPINION MANNHEIMER, Judge. Sam Alexie Jr. was convicted of second-degree sexual assault for engaging in sexual contact with a woman while she was incapacitated...
Memorandum decisions of this court do not create legal precedent. See Alaska Appellate Rule 214(d) and Paragraph 7 of the Guidelines for Publication of Court of Appeals Decisions (Court of Appeals Order No. 3). Accordingly, this memorandum decision may not be cited as binding authority for any proposition of law. MEMORANDUM OPINION MANNHEIMER, Judge. Douglas W. Artemie appeals his convictions for first-degree sexual assault (coerced sexual penetration) and first-degree assault (...
Memorandum decisions of this court do not create legal precedent. See Alaska Appellate Rule 214(d) and Paragraph 7 of the Guidelines for Publication of Court of Appeals Decisions (Court of Appeals Order No. 3). Accordingly, this memorandum decision may not be cited as binding authority for any proposition of law. MEMORANDUM OPINION MANNHEIMER, Judge. Manuel Cuautle was convicted of second-degree escape for walking away from a halfway house while he was under detention there awaiting...
Memorandum decisions of this court do not create legal precedent. See Alaska Appellate Rule 214(d) and Paragraph 7 of the Guidelines for Publication of Court of Appeals Decisions (Court of Appeals Order No. 3). Accordingly, this memorandum decision may not be cited as binding authority for any proposition of law. MEMORANDUM OPINION MANNHEIMER, Judge. Nicholai Bultron appeals his convictions for driving while his license was revoked, a merged count of first-degree failure to stop at...
OPINION MANNHEIMER, Judge. The defendant in this case, Kim Michael Cook, was indicted for murder. Cook wished to hire a private defense attorney to represent him in this criminal case, but he was unable to do so because most of his available assets were seized or frozen after a money judgement was entered against him in a contemporaneous civil lawsuit. Accordingly, the superior court appointed the Public Defender Agency to represent Cook. Cook went to trial and was convicted. About a year...
OPINION COATS, Chief Judge. Cynthia Lord was charged with three counts of murder in the first degree 1 for killing her three sons, Christopher, Michael, and Joseph. Superior Court Judge Philip R. Volland conducted a non-jury trial. Lord asserted that she was not guilty by reason of insanity. 2 Judge Volland instead found that Lord was guilty but mentally ill. 3 Lord asserts that Judge Volland erred in reaching this verdict. She contends that she established that she was not guilty by...
The text of this opinion can be corrected before the opinion is published in the Pacific Reporter . OPINION BOLGER, Judge. A jury convicted Michael A. Lawson of felony murder and other crimes for the shooting death of Bethany Correira. At trial, Lawson did not dispute that he shot Correira and that she died as a result, but the jury heard conflicting evidence on the circumstances that led to the shooting. Some of the State's evidence suggested Correira was killed during an attempted...
Memorandum decisions of this court do not create legal precedent. See Alaska Appellate Rule 214(d) and Paragraph 7 of the Guidelines for Publication of Court of Appeals Decisions (Court of Appeals Order No. 3). Accordingly, this memorandum decision may not be cited as binding precedent for any proposition of law. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT COATS, Chief Judge. In a jury trial conducted by Superior Court Judge Michael Spaan, Adam Milazzo was convicted of murder in the second degree,...
OPINION MANNHEIMER, Judge. Jason Edward Reandeau was convicted of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, two related acts of fourth-degree assault, and first-degree "failure to register" as a sex offender. (Actually, Reandeau was convicted of failing to timely file the required quarterly verification that his address had not changed.) A portion of the State's evidence against Reandeau was physical evidence (body samples and swabs) collected under the authority of a search warrant. Reandeau...
NOTICE The text of this opinion can be corrected before the opinion is published in the Pacific Reporter. Readers are encouraged to bring typographical or other formal errors to the attention of the Clerk of the Appellate Courts. 303 K Street, Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Fax: (907) 264-0878 E-mail: corrections @ appellate.courts.state.ak.us. OPINION COATS, Chief Judge. Cynthia Lord was charged with three counts of murder in the first degree 1 for killing her three sons, Christopher,...
OPINION COATS, Chief Judge. Dorothy Delay-Wilson was convicted of three counts of issuing a bad check 1 and one count of second-degree theft. 2 The bad check convictions were based on three separate checks that she deposited to her Key Bank account during September 2008. Two of the checks were in the amounts of $6000 and $3500 and were drawn from her Wells Fargo account, which did not have enough funds to cover the checks. The third check was a counterfeit check drawn on a third person's...
Memorandum decisions of this court do not create legal precedent. See Alaska Appellate Rule 214(d) and Paragraph 7 of the Guidelines for Publication of Court of Appeals Decisions (Court of Appeals Order No. 3). Accordingly, this memorandum decision may not be cited as binding precedent for any proposition of law. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT COATS, Chief Judge. In a jury trial conducted by Superior Court Judge Michael Spaan, Adam Milazzo was convicted of murder in the second...
