COVINGTON v. STATE

No. A-203.

703 P.2d 436 (1985)

Charles COVINGTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

July 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Cohn and Carl Forsberg, Birch, Horton, Bittner, Pestinger & Anderson, Anchorage, for appellant.

John A. Scukanec, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Sp. Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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


OPINION

SINGLETON, Judge.

Charles Covington was convicted of two counts of lewd and lascivious acts towards a child, former AS 11.15.134, and four counts of sexual assault in the first degree, former AS 11.41.410(a)(4)(B). He received a composite sentence of forty years with ten years suspended. Covington appeals, challenging his conviction and sentence. We reverse Covington's conviction and remand for a new trial.

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