RIPLEY v. STATE

No. 3432.

590 P.2d 48 (1979)

Frances D. RIPLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Loutrel, Croft, Thurlow, Loutrel & Duggan, Anchorage, for appellant.

Monica Jenicek, Mike Keenan, Asst. Dist. Attys., Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice, and RABINOWITZ, CONNOR and BURKE, Justices.


OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a conviction of manslaughter and from the sentence imposed. Appellant Ripley was tried before a jury and sentenced to three years imprisonment, to be followed by four years probation. We affirm the conviction and remand to the Superior Court for resentencing.

Issues raised on appeal concern Miranda rights, certain information withheld from a grand jury, the trial court's discretion in...

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