HOOVER v. STATE

No. 2847.

568 P.2d 404 (1977)

Christopher HOOVER, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 9, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M.T. Thomas, Robertson, Monagle, Eastaugh & Bradley, Juneau, for appellant.

Monica Jenicek and Ivan Lawner, Asst. Dist. Attys., Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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


OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

In this appeal Christopher Hoover seeks reversal of his conviction for assault with a dangerous weapon.1 Additionally, he claims that the five year sentence imposed by the superior court was excessive.

Hoover was arrested on September 4, 1975, for the seemingly unprovoked stabbing of one Louis C. Scott in Kodiak, Alaska, and charged with assault with a...

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