SAM v. STATE

No. A-4041.

842 P.2d 596 (1992)

Earl SAM, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

November 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Haas, Asst. Public Defender, Bethel, and John B. Salemi, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

W.H. Hawley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Sp. Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Charles E. Cole, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

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


OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Earl K. Sam was convicted by a jury of one count attempted murder in the first degree. AS 11.41.100(a)(1); AS 11.31.100. Superior Court Judge Richard D. Savell sentenced Sam to a term of forty-five years with fifteen years suspended. Sam appeals his conviction, arguing that the trial court erred in refusing to preclude the state from presenting expert testimony concerning Sam's capacity to form specific intent, in refusing to...

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