STATE v. SEMANCIK

No. S-10846.

99 P.3d 538 (2004)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Wayne SEMANCIK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 1, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terisia K. Chleborad, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Gregg D. Renkes, Attorney General, Juneau, for Petitioner.

David D. Reineke, Assistant Public Defender, and Barbara K. Brink, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Respondent.

Before: BRYNER, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, FABE, and CARPENETI, Justices.


OPINION

FABE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

This petition for hearing arises out of a conviction for attempted burglary. Semancik challenged the sufficiency of his attempted burglary indictment for the first time on appeal on the basis that it failed to specify what crime he intended to commit when he entered the dwelling. The court of appeals, bound by the rule in Adkins v. State,1 reversed Semancik's conviction...

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