RUPEIKS v. STATE

No. A-10533.

263 P.3d 57 (2011)

David RUPEIKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

October 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Eric A. Ringsmuth , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and John J. Burns , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

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


OPINION

BOLGER, Judge.

David Rupeiks contends that his conviction for assault in the third degree should be reversed because there was insufficient evidence suggesting that he had used his fist as a dangerous instrument when he injured Terrence Christensen. We conclude that the manner in which Rupeiks attacked Christensen and the nature of Christensen's injuries show that Rupeiks's attack posed an actual...

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