GRAY v. STATE

No. A-10305.

267 P.3d 667 (2011)

Kira GRAY, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

December 9, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David K. Allen , Attorney at Law, Sechelt, B.C., Canada, for the Appellant.

Eric A. Ringsmuth , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Richard A. Svobodny , Acting Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

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


OPINION

BOLGER, Judge.

Alaska Statute 47.12.030(a) provides that when a sixteen-year-old minor commits certain serious felonies, including murder, the minor "shall be charged, held, released on bail, prosecuted, sentenced, and incarcerated in the same manner as an adult." Kira Gray argues that her sentence for first-degree murder violates the constitutional protections against cruel and unusual punishment and the constitutional guarantees of equal...

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