MARTINEZ v. STATE

No. 662.

423 P.2d 700 (1967)

Filipo MARTINEZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 6, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Merson and John R. Strachan, Anchorage, for appellant.

Thomas E. Curran, Jr., Dist. Atty., and Robert N. Opland, Asst. Dist. Atty., Anchorage, for appellee.

Before NESBETT, C.J., and DIMOND and RABINOWITZ, JJ.


OPINION

NESBETT, Chief Justice.

A jury found appellant guilty on both counts of an indictment charging him with first degree murder and murder committed during an attempted rape.

All of the evidence was circumstantial. The principal point raised by appellant's court appointed counsel is that the evidence did not meet the standard required by this court in Davis v. State.1 In Davis we held that where all of the...

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