LOWERY v. STATE

No. A-1477.

762 P.2d 457 (1988)

Todd J. LOWERY, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

October 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jan A. Rutherdale, Asst. Public Defender, Juneau, and Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Cynthia M. Hora, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Grace Berg Schaible, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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


OPINION

COATS, Judge.

Todd J. Lowery was convicted, following a jury trial, of murder in the first degree. AS 11.41.100(a)(1). Judge Walter Carpeneti sentenced Lowery to fifty years' imprisonment with twenty years suspended.

Lowery was charged with murder for the killing of Ronald Ritter on March 14, 1984. At trial, Lowery defended on the ground that he had killed Ritter in self-defense.

THE HONEY BUCKET INCIDENT

Lowery first argues...

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