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SUMABAT v. STATE

No. 3739.

580 P.2d 323 (1978)

Edgardo SUMABAT, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 23, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sue Ellen Tatter, Dana Fabe, Asst. Public Defenders, Steven Marks, legal intern, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

William L. Mackey, Dist. Atty., Kodiak, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

Appellant Edgardo Tabac Sumabat was convicted upon a jury verdict of the offense of manslaughter,1 and was sentenced to twelve years imprisonment. He appeals on the ground that his sentence is excessive.

Sumabat, age twenty-six at the time of the events underlying this conviction, has no prior record. He was born in the Philippines, where his...

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