BEEKMAN v. STATE

No. A-500.

706 P.2d 704 (1985)

Quinton R. BEEKMAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

October 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sen K. Tan, Asst. Public Defender, and Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

W.H. Hawley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, and Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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


OPINION

COATS, Judge.

Quinton R. Beekman was convicted of burglary in the first degree, AS 11.46.300,1 following a jury trial. He appeals to this court arguing that the trial judge, Judge Justin Ripley, erred in admitting evidence that Beekman, as a juvenile, had confessed to committing three burglaries. We reverse.

The facts are not in dispute. Beekman broke into the home of some neighbors. He was discovered in the master...

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