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DUNLOP v. STATE

No. A-278.

696 P.2d 687 (1985)

James DUNLOP, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

March 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Gorton, Jr. and William B. Oberly, Gorton & Oberly, Anchorage, for appellant.

James E. Dunlop, pro se.

Robert D. Bacon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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

OPINION

COATS, Judge.

In this case we are presented with the difficult question of whether two sentences may be imposed for two manslaughter convictions arising out of the same conduct. A careful reading of the Alaska Supreme Court's decision in Thessen v. State, 508 P.2d 1192 (Alaska 1973), compels our conclusion that separate sentences may not be imposed under the circumstances presented here.

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