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STATE v. WENTZ

No. S-3498.

805 P.2d 962 (1991)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Michael Alan WENTZ, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

February 1, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Susan Orlansky, Asst. Public Defender, and John B. Salemi, Public Defender, Anchorage, for respondent.

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

OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

Following his conviction for first degree assault, the superior court sentenced Michael Alan Wentz to a fifteen year term of imprisonment with three years suspended. Wentz appealed, claiming that his sentence was too severe. The court of appeals concluded that the superior court was clearly mistaken and ordered its sentence modified to fifteen years with five years suspended.1 We reverse.

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