CALAPP v. STATE

No. A-5987.

959 P.2d 385 (1998)

Phillip D. CALAPP, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

May 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart G. Ross, Anchorage, for Appellant.

James L. Hanley, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

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


OPINION

COATS, Judge.

Phillip D. Calapp was convicted by a Kenai jury of theft in the second degree. AS 11.46.130(a)(1). Superior Court Judge Jonathan H. Link sentenced Calapp to five years of imprisonment with two years suspended. Calapp appeals, arguing that Judge Link erred when he allowed the state to reveal to the jury Calapp's prior convictions for forgery and theft. We reverse.

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