COLEMAN v. STATE

No. 4416.

621 P.2d 869 (1980)

Elijah COLEMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 10, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Thomas and Pamela Finley, Juneau, for appellant.

James L. Hanley, Asst. Dist. Atty., Patrick J. Gullufsen, Dist. Atty., and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

Elijah Coleman was convicted of one count of rape under former AS 11.15.1201 and one count of assault with a dangerous weapon under former AS 11.15.220.2 Coleman argues on appeal that evidence of a prior rape conviction was improperly allowed into evidence, that the jury was given an erroneous instruction on the elements...

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