KRISKA v. STATE

No. 1671.

501 P.2d 159 (1972)

Gilford John KRISKA, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 25, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Backstrom, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, Herbert D. Soll, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

William T. Council, Asst. Dist. Atty., Monroe N. Clayton, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, John Havelock, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, A.C.J., and CONNOR, ERWIN and BOOCHEVER, JJ.


PER CURIAM.

In this sentence appeal it is claimed that a sentence of ten years, the statutory maximum for the offense of grand larceny, is excessive.

Kriska was convicted for the theft of a parka worth $125.00. This is his ninth felony conviction. At the age of 48 he has spent less than one year of his adult life as a free citizen.

A psychiatric evaluation, ordered by the sentencing court, shows no evidence of psychosis or neurosis, but places Kriska...

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