ASHENFELTER v. STATE

No. A-7016.

988 P.2d 120 (1999)

Jason Gerald ASHENFELTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

September 24, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie A. Hiebert, Assistant Public Advocate, and Brant G. McGee, Public Advocate, Anchorage, for Appellant.

John Skidmore, Assistant District Attorney, Susan A. Parkes, District Attorney, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and STEWART, Judges.


OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

In this appeal, we are required to interpret and apply the legal doctrine announced in Hamilton v. State1—the doctrine that defendants have a conditional right to confront the witnesses against them at sentencing. Under Hamilton, this right comes to fruition if a defendant takes the stand, denies the government's factual allegations under oath, and submits to cross-examination...

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