PIESIK v. STATE

No. 2954.

572 P.2d 94 (1977)

Louis Robert PIESIK, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Saluri, Johnson, Christenson, Shamferg & Glass, Fairbanks, for appellant.

James E. Douglas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Juneau, David Mannheimer, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Harry L. Davis, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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


OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

This appeal presents questions concerning: (1) retrial of a defendant after a mistrial has been declared as a result of the District Attorney's improper closing argument to the jury; and (2) the admissibility, at the retrial, of evidence which was also pertinent to a charge on which the defendant was acquitted at the first trial.

Louis R. Piesik was charged on a three-count indictment with assault with a dangerous...

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