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NIELSEN v. STATE

No. 4677.

627 P.2d 1077 (1981)

Walter James NIELSEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 15, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Bruce, Asst. Public Defender, Ketchikan, Brian Shortell, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Michael A. Thompson, Asst. Dist. Atty., Ketchikan, Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This is a sentence appeal.

On March 8, 1979, the superior court revoked Walter James Nielsen's probation and committed him to the custody of the Commissioner of Health and Social Services for a period of twenty years. Under the authority of AS 33.15.230(a)(1), the court further order Nielsen to serve a minimum term of ten years before becoming eligible for parole. This appeal followed.

Nielsen's twenty year sentence...

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