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BYRD v. STATE

No. 4217.

626 P.2d 1057 (1980)

Tommy BYRD, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clay C. Berry, Juneau, for appellant.

Larry R. Weeks, Dist. Atty., Daniel W. Hickey, Chief Prosecutor, and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Justice.

Appellant Tommy Byrd was convicted of the crime of manslaughter. The sole issue on appeal is whether the superior court erred in excluding certain evidence which was offered to show the violent nature of the victim. We hold that it did not err.

At trial the testimony showed that on the afternoon of March 21, 1978, Byrd encountered John Fawcett III on the streets of Juneau, Alaska. Fawcett, who was intoxicated, challenged...

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