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BUTTS v. STATE

No. A-7678.

53 P.3d 609 (2002)

Clynton D. BUTTS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

August 23, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan M. Carney, Assistant Public Advocate, Fairbanks, and Brant McGee, Public Advocate, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Douglas H. Kossler, 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

COATS, Chief Judge.

A jury convicted Clynton D. Butts of robbery in the second degree1 for forcibly taking a woman's purse from her. He appeals his conviction, arguing that the trial court erred in refusing to dismiss the indictment against him and that his sentence is excessive. We affirm.

Butts was indicted on January 20, 1999, for robbery in the second degree. The grand jury and trial testimony described...

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