TORRES v. STATE

No. 1800.

519 P.2d 788 (1974)

Rudolph Valle TORRES, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 15, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert D. Soll, Public Defender and Susan Burke, Asst. Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

John E. Havelock, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Monroe N. Clayton, Dist. Atty., James M. Hackett, Asst. Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, for appellee.

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


OPINION

FITZGERALD, Justice.

On the morning of November 3, 1971, eight year old Doretha Amouak was fast asleep in the children's bedroom of the family apartment in Fairbanks, Alaska. Her invalid mother and two sisters were sleeping in an adjoining bedroom. Another sister was sleeping on the living room couch. The door to the apartment had been left unlocked, since Doretha's father, Frank Amouak, worked irregular hours as a janitor. Shortly after 6:00 a.m...

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