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DES JARDINS v. STATE

No. 2280.

551 P.2d 181 (1976)

James Ernest DES JARDINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

On Rehearing June 11, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Bixler Whiting, Whiting & Blanton, Fairbanks, for appellant.

David Mannheimer, Asst. Dist. Atty., Harry L. Davis, Acting Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, Avrum Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

James Des Jardins was convicted of manslaughter1 and assault with a dangerous weapon2 after a trial by jury. This appeal followed.

On the night of December 10, 1973, Daniel Cucuroll was hitchhiking with a friend, John Zdepski, along College Road, near Fairbanks, Alaska. James Des Jardins, accompanied by Stanley Zaverl, was driving a pickup truck along the same roadway...

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