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BOOTH v. STATE

No. A-10281.

251 P.3d 369 (2011)

Lester W. BOOTH Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

April 29, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julia D. Moudy , Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

James Scott , Assistant District Attorney, Ketchikan, and Daniel S. Sullivan , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

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

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Lester W. Booth Jr. was charged with assaulting one of the two police officers who came to arrest him in response to a report of domestic violence. In his defense, Booth asserted that the police officers used excessive force when making the arrest, and that the officers then attempted to justify their use of excessive force by fabricating a story that Booth had assaulted one of them.

Before trial, Booth asked the...

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