SHELTON v. STATE

No. 3908.

611 P.2d 24 (1980)

Anthony SHELTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Paquette, Asst. Public Defender, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Victor Krumm, Dist. Atty., Bethel, Avrum Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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


OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

During the early morning of March 21, 1977, Anthony Shelton in a state of intoxication banged on the door of a house in Alakanuk, Alaska and demanded to be let in. Shelton told the woman who occupied the house that he was a relative of her husband (who was then hospitalized in Bethel) and threatened to burn the place down if she did not let him in. Alarmed, she admitted him. Once in the house he attempted

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