SEARS v. STATE

No. 6692.

653 P.2d 349 (1982)

Marion SEARS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

October 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Brunner, Rice, Hoppner, Brown and Brunner, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Bill D. Murphree, Asst. Dist. Atty., Harry L. Davis, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, and Wilson L. Condon, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before BRYNER, C.J., and COATS and SINGLETON, JJ.


OPINION

COATS, Judge.

On June 20, 1981, Marion Sears drove an automobile across the center line of the highway at 3.2 mile Badger Road, near Fairbanks. Sears' car ran head-on into a car driven by Darryl L. Claxton. Sears and her passenger, Marcia Carey, were injured as a result of the accident. Claxton was killed.

Sears was charged with manslaughter, AS 11.41.120(a)(1). After a jury trial on this charge...

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