COLLINS v. STATE

No. 3378.

574 P.2d 1278 (1978)

William COLLINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Backstrom, Deputy Public Defender, Fairbanks, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

David C. Stewart, 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

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

William Collins entered a guilty plea to an information which charged him with the crime of armed robbery in violation of AS 11.15.240 and AS 11.15.295.1 After a sentencing hearing, the superior court imposed a sentence of 15 years.2 Appellant claims that the sentence is excessive.

In this sentence appeal, Collins has advanced two lines of argument in support of...

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