WYATT v. STATE

No. A-2105.

778 P.2d 1169 (1989)

Matthew L. WYATT, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

September 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcia E. Holland, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, and John Salemi, Acting Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Robert D. Bacon, 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

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Matthew L. Wyatt was convicted by a Ketchikan jury of assault in the third degree for an incident that occurred in the village of Metlakatla. Wyatt appeals, contending that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury that reasonable fear is a necessary element of third-degree assault. Wyatt also contends that residents of Metlakatla were improperly excluded from his jury panel. We affirm.

Wyatt was convicted...

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