GIEFFELS v. STATE

No. 3258.

590 P.2d 55 (1979)

Timothy GIEFFELS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

David Shimek, Asst. Dist. Atty., W.H. Hawley, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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


OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

On August 11, 1976, appellant Timothy Gieffels was convicted by a jury of manslaughter for the killing of Daniel Laughlin. In this appeal, Gieffels' major contentions are that the trial court erroneously refused to dismiss the indictment against him and to suppress certain key evidence, and that the trial court erred in its instructions to the jury.

The facts may be summarized as follows: On June 23, 1975, shortly before 6...

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