OPINION
COATS, Chief Judge.
This case raises the question of whether the lawyer or the defendant has the authority to decide whether to request a jury instruction on a lesser included offense. We conclude that the Alaska Rules of Professional Conduct establish that it is the lawyer's decision.
Factual and procedural background
Stanley J. Simeon was convicted of sexual assault in the first degree.
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