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WILLIAMS v. STATE

No. 4078.

629 P.2d 54 (1981)

Dennis Scott WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Collins, Collins, Inc., P.C., Anchorage, for appellant.

W.H. Hawley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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

OPINION

DIMOND, Senior Justice.

Dennis Williams appeals his conviction for second degree murder. We reverse the conviction because Williams did not receive a fair trial, and we remand the case to the superior court for a new trial. We also express our views on matters alleged as error which may be pertinent to a retrial.

There were two events during Dennis Williams's trial which, in our opinion, require that...

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