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HOWARD v. STATE

No. A-10312.

239 P.3d 426 (2010)

Michael D. HOWARD, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

September 24, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Serena Green and Sarah T. White , Assistant Public Defenders, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Ann B. Black , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Daniel S. Sullivan , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

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

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Michael D. Howard appeals his conviction for fourth-degree assault.1 Howard was convicted of this crime based on evidence that he kicked another man in the face and ribs. Howard's defense at trial was self-defense; he presented evidence that the purported victim of the assault actually initiated the violence.

The issue presented in this appeal is whether the trial judge acted properly...

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