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SMITH v. STATE

No. 2155.

531 P.2d 1273 (1975)

Marilyn Dorothy SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 24, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James K. Tallman, Anchorage, for appellant.

Robert B. Downes, Asst. Dist. Atty., Catherine Chandler, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, John E. Havelock, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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

OPINION

CONNOR, Justice.

This is a sentence appeal. Appellant appeals from a superior court judgment and commitment on the grounds that the sentence imposed was excessive, and that it was a cruel and unusual punishment. She also appeals from the denial of a motion to vacate or suspend this sentence on the grounds that it was a cruel and unusual punishment and was an excessive sentence.

The appeal raises two principle questions: (1) whether we have...

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