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WILSON v. STATE

No. A-6396.

967 P.2d 98 (1998)

Arthur Earl WILSON, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

October 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Malin, Assistant Public Defender, and Barbara K. Brink, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Nancy R. Simel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

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

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

In February 1995, Arthur Earl Wilson, Jr., was an inmate in the detention unit of the McLaughlin Youth Center. In the early morning hours of February 21st, Wilson tried to escape; his plan was to seize a set of keys from one of the counselors in the detention unit, Abby Baskin.

Using a strip of fabric torn from a towel, Wilson attacked Baskin, wrapping the fabric around her neck and strangling her. Wilson then pulled...

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