STATE v. TUCKER

No. 3567.

581 P.2d 223 (1978)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. David P. TUCKER, a/k/a Alberto Perez Ostos, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Branchflower, Asst. Dist. Atty., Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellant.

Sue Ellen Tatter, Asst. Public Defender, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellee.

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


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Appeal is taken by the State from a six month sentence for two counts of burglary not in a dwelling on the grounds that the sentence is too lenient. When a sentence is appealed by the State, we will express our disapproval of the sentence when our independent examination of the record indicates that the court was clearly mistaken in imposing the sentence. McClain v. State, 519 P.2d 811 ...

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