NOBLIT v. STATE

No. A-3140.

808 P.2d 280 (1991)

Ken NOBLIT, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

Rehearing Granted and Opinion Amended May 31, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Easaw, Asst. Public Advocate, Fairbanks, and Brant McGee, Public Advocate, Office of Public Advocacy, Anchorage, for appellant.

David Mannheimer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Sp. Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Douglas B. Baily, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before BRYNER, C.J., COATS, J., and ANDREWS, District Court Judge.


OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Ken Noblit was convicted, after a jury trial, of hindering prosecution in the first degree. Superior Court Judge Niesje J. Steinkruger sentenced Noblit to a term of three years with one and one-half years suspended. Noblit appeals, contending that the trial court failed to instruct the jury properly on the culpable mental state for his offense and that his sentence is excessive. We affirm.

On August 19, 1988, Noblit's...

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