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PRESTON v. STATE

No. 3757.

615 P.2d 594 (1980)

Melody PRESTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Steward and Thomas G. Nave, Asst. Public Defenders, Fairbanks, and Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

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

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

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

Melody Preston appeals from her conviction of burglary in a dwelling1 and the superior court's sentence of eight years imprisonment, with three years suspended.

The only direct evidence adduced at trial of Preston's involvement in the burglary itself was presented by an accomplice, Franklin Clay.2 Franklin testified at trial that on the morning of March 9...

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