WOODWARD v. STATE

No. 1300.

855 P.2d 423 (1993)

Michael G. WOODWARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

June 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Lyle Robson, Fairbanks, for appellant.

Eric A. Johnson, 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.

Michael G. Woodward was convicted of extortion, in violation of AS 11.41.520, following a jury trial presided over by Superior Court Judge Jay Hodges. Woodward appeals, contending that Judge Hodges erred in refusing to instruct the jury on Woodward's claim-of-right defense and in precluding Woodward from presenting evidence of selective prosecution to the jury. We affirm.

Woodward was convicted of extortion for threatening...

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