MARSDEN v. STATE

No. 3957.

589 P.2d 863 (1979)

Donald Byron MARSDEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 26, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary E. Greene, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, Brian C. Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Rhonda F. Butterfield, Asst. Dist. Atty., Harry L. Davis, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, Avrum Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon, in violation of AS 11.15.220 and sentenced to four years incarceration with two years suspended. He appeals on the grounds that the sentence is excessive and the trial court was inadequately advised as to his alcoholism.

At the time appellant committed the offense he was twenty years old. This is his first felony conviction; however he has a prior misdemeanor assault...

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