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FLETCHER v. STATE

No. A-10455.

258 P.3d 874 (2011)

Winona M. FLETCHER, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

June 10, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth G.L. Trimmer , Assistant Public Advocate, and Rachel Levitt , Public Advocate, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Nancy R. Simel , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Daniel S. Sullivan , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

Before: COATS, Chief Judge, BOLGER, Judge, and ANDREWS, Senior Superior Court Judge.

OPINION

BOLGER, Judge.

In 1985, the superior court waived juvenile jurisdiction over Winona M. Fletcher, and she then pleaded no contest to two counts of first-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder. In 2005, Fletcher filed an application for post-conviction relief, alleging that new evidence required that her conviction be vacated. The new evidence consisted of the recantation of Fletcher's co-defendant and new research on juvenile brain...

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