SPEARMAN v. STATE

No. 2520.

543 P.2d 202 (1975)

William Michael SPEARMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 1, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben Esch and George A. Dickson, Anchorage, for appellant.

Stephen G. Dunning, Asst. Dist. Atty., Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice, and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR, ERWIN and BURKE, Justices.


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

In this sentence appeal William Spearman contends that the superior court's ten-year sentence, with three years suspended, for the crime of attempted manslaughter is an excessive sentence.

Earlier this year a five-count indictment was returned against appellant. In this indictment Spearman was charged with the crimes of fourth degree arson, attempted malicious destruction of personal property, attempted murder in the...

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