HOFHINES v. STATE

No. 1845.

511 P.2d 1292 (1973)

Verna Louise HOFHINES, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert D. Soll, Public Defender, Anchorage, Dick L. Madson, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, for appellant.

John E. Havelock, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Monroe N. Clayton, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, for appellee.

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


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

In this sentence appeal Verna Hofhines contends that the superior court's imposition of a 20-year sentence upon her plea of guilty to the crime of first degree murder was excessive.1

The record in the case at bar indicates that appellant Verna Hofhines hired Dennis Ray Anthony to kill her husband LaWayne Hofhines. Appellant and Anthony agreed that the latter was to be paid $5,000 for the killing. Subsequently...

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