PADGETT v. STATE

No. 3317.

590 P.2d 432 (1979)

Raymond PADGETT, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 16, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Adelman, Sue Ellen Tatter, Asst. Public Defender, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

John Scukanec, Susan Delbert, Asst. Dist. Attys., Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Raymond Padgett was convicted of rape. He challenges numerous evidentiary rulings on appeal, only one of which merits detailed consideration. To understand it, a brief review of the facts of the case is necessary.

In the early afternoon of June 14, 1976, M.T. was sitting in her disabled vehicle on a deserted stretch of the Richardson Highway, awaiting the return of her boyfriend who had hitchhiked to a garage. Padgett drove...

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