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KIMBRELL v. STATE

No. 5944.

647 P.2d 618 (1982)

Vaughn R. KIMBRELL, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

July 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan Beiswenger, Asst. Public Defender, Kenai, and Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

James L. Hanley, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thomas M. Wardell, Dist. Atty., Kenai, and Wilson L. Condon, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

At about 1:15 a.m. on May 23, 1980, Wilho ("Bill") Kuoppola, a well-known and well-liked sixty-three-year-old homesteader in the North Kenai area was awakened when his dog started barking. He went to the doorway of his home, and as he exited, four or five twelve-gauge trap-load shots were fired in quick succession in Kuoppola's direction from a distance of about thirty-seven feet. At least one of the shots hit Kuoppola, who was...

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