VUI GUI TSEN v. STATE

Nos. A-9619, A-9639.

176 P.3d 1 (2008)

Vui Gui TSEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

February 8, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Lowery, Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Diane L. Wendlandt, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Tails J. Colberg, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

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


OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

This case presents two questions. First, we must determine whether the trial judge abused his discretion when he denied the defendant's request for an interpreter to assist him in understanding the testimony and proceedings at his trial. Second, the State asks us to declare that the defendant's sentence is too lenient.

As we explain more fully in this opinion, we conclude that the trial judge could properly deny...

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