CASTILLO v. STATE

No. 4561.

614 P.2d 756 (1980)

Peter CASTILLO, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Lindsley, Juneau, and Deborah A. Paquette, Asst. Public Defenders, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

William H. Hawley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ., and DIMOND, Senior Justice.


BURKE, Justice.

Peter Castillo was convicted of the attempted murder of Eli Sharclane in violation of AS 11.15.030.1 In this appeal he challenges that conviction upon several grounds. We affirm.

Shortly after midnight, on September 25, 1977, Castillo was returning home from a dance when he encountered Sharclane on the Douglas side of the Juneau-Douglas Bridge. Castillo approached Sharclane to talk to him and, when Sharclane ignored...

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