STATE v. WICKHAM

No. S-3233.

796 P.2d 1354 (1990)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Phillip J. WICKHAM, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

August 3, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia M. Hora, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Special Prosecution and Appeals, Anchorage, and Douglas B. Baily, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for petitioner.

Marcia E. Holland, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, and John B. Salemi, Public Defender, Anchorage, for respondent.

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


OPINION

MATTHEWS, Chief Justice.

Phillip J. Wickham was tried for manslaughter and third-degree assault. In an in limine ruling, the trial court decided that if Wickham testified the state could impeach him with evidence of prior convictions. Wickham chose not to testify and was convicted. On appeal, the court of appeals held that the ruling was reviewable even though Wickham did not testify, but reserved...

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