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SIPARY v. STATE

No. A-7813.

91 P.3d 296 (2004)

Clarence SIPARY, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

May 21, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon Barr, Assistant Public Defender, and Barbara K. Brink, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Nancy R. Simel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Gregg D. Renkes, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

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

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

This case involves the "rule of completeness", a common-law rule of evidence designed to prevent litigants from introducing portions of an out-of-court statement when these portions, taken out of context, would tend to be misleading. The rule of completeness states that when one party introduces portions of an out-of-court statement (whether oral or written), an adverse party is...

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