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STATE v. LANCASTER

No. 2571.

550 P.2d 1257 (1976)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. Wesley D. LANCASTER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Mark A. Weaver, Asst. Public Defender, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellee.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice, CONNOR, ERWIN, and BURKE, Justices, and DIMOND, Justice Pro Tem.

OPINION

DIMOND, Justice Pro Tem.

On two occasions within a three-day period, Wesley Lancaster forcibly raped a young girl. He pleaded nolo condendere1 to two counts of rape, and was sentenced to imprisonment for seven years on each count, with the sentences to run concurrently. The sentencing judge suspended five years of each of the seven-year sentences, leaving Lancaster a total of two years imprisonment to serve. In addition...

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