STAVENJORD v. STATE

No. A-7418.

66 P.3d 762 (2003)

Paul T. STAVENJORD, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

March 28, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margi A. Mock, Assistant Public Defender, and Barbara K. Brink, Public Defender, 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

STEWART, Judge.

A jury selected for a trial in Palmer found Paul T. Stavenjord guilty of two counts of first-degree murder1 for shooting Carl H. Beery and D.R. near Chulitna, a small, off-road community in the Matanuska Susitna Borough. Because this case generated substantial publicity, Stavenjord argues that the superior court erred when it denied his motion to change venue. But we have examined the record and...

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