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NYGREN v. STATE

No. 4219.

616 P.2d 20 (1980)

Billie T. Ward NYGREN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Leonard M. Linton, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Billie Nygren was tried in the superior court on a charge of manslaughter1 for the unlawful killing of her husband, Per Nygren. A jury found her guilty and she was sentenced to eight years imprisonment with five years suspended. She appeals the conviction and the sentence imposed.

Per Nygren died on February 17, 1978 from a knife wound in his neck. Both he and his wife had been drinking that...

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