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CARSON v. STATE

No. A-1608.

736 P.2d 356 (1987)

Douglas A. CARSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

April 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin F. McCoy, Asst. Public Defender, Kenai, and Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Nathan A. Callahan, Asst. Dist. Atty., Thomas M. Wardell, Dist. Atty., Kenai, and Harold M. Brown, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Douglas A. Carson was convicted, following a jury trial, of one count of resisting arrest, in violation of AS 11.56.700. Carson appeals, contending that the trial court erred in giving incomplete jury instructions on the circumstances in which deadly force is permitted in making an arrest. Carson also argues that the court erred in allowing the prosecution to show the jury a videotape of Carson and in failing to allow the defense...

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