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TOOMEY v. STATE

No. 3088.

581 P.2d 1124 (1978)

Vincent TOOMEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 4, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Coats, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Steven J. Call, Asst. Dist. Atty., Harry L. Davis, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

Vincent Toomey appeals his conviction for robbery1 on the ground that the superior court erroneously instructed the jury on the issue of self-defense.

The facts in this case were contested at trial. For purposes of review, we examine Toomey's version of the events in order to determine whether an issue of self-defense was presented.

On February 14, 1976, Toomey and two friends went...

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