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BENDLE v. STATE

No. 2859.

583 P.2d 840 (1978)

Steven BENDLE, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Backstrom, Deputy Public Defender, Fairbanks, Brian C. Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, Robert Adelman, Anchorage, of counsel, for appellant.

Natalie K. Finn, Asst. Dist. Atty., 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

BURKE, Justice.

Steven L. Bendle appeals his conviction of first degree murder1 and sentence of life imprisonment.

The events giving rise to Bendle's conviction took place in April of 1975. At that time Bendle, then 20 years old, and a companion, William Rust, decided to hitchhike from Anchorage to California with their two girlfriends, both of whom were juveniles. In order to get provisions for the trip, Bendle...

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