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HUGHES v. STATE

No. A-7713.

56 P.3d 1088 (2002)

Sean Burdetto HUGHES, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

October 17, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rex Lamont Butler, Anchorage, for Appellant.

John A. Scukanec, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

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

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Sean Burdetto Hughes entered the house of his estranged wife after he learned that another man, Derwin Hunter, had spent the night there. Brandishing a chef's knife, Hughes threatened to kill his wife, and then he stormed to the bedroom where Hunter was located. Hughes tried to break into the bedroom, first with a knife and then with a screwdriver.

Hughes finally succeeded in kicking down the bedroom door. He and...

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