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STATE v. JOHNSON

No. S-616.

720 P.2d 37 (1986)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. William T. JOHNSON, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.H. Hawley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for petitioner.

Mary Greene and William Davies, Asst. Public Defenders, Fairbanks, for respondent.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and MATTHEWS, BURKE, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

This case comes before the court for a second time, the second degree murder conviction of William Johnson having been reversed twice previously by the court of appeals because of inadequate jury instructions. We find that the instructions were adequate. Therefore, we reverse.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

William Johnson fatally shot his adopted sister, Joyce Ann, in the village of Nulato. He was intoxicated...

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