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WACKER v. STATE

No. A-9617.

171 P.3d 1164 (2007)

Leanne WACKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

November 30, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renee McFarland, Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner, Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Blair M. Christensen, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Talis J. Colberg, Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

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

OPINION

STEWART, Judge.

Leanne Wacker was convicted of third-degree assault, driving under the influence, and failure to render assistance to an injured person.1

In this appeal, Wacker argues that the trial court erred in failing to issue a curative instruction after the prosecutor made a comment in closing arguments that Wacker argues improperly shifted the burden to present evidence and witnesses. We hold that...

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