LAWSON v. STATE

No. A-10164.

264 P.3d 590 (2011)

Michael A. LAWSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

November 4, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracey Wollenberg , Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Kenneth M. Rosenstein , 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.

A jury convicted Michael A. Lawson of felony murder and other crimes for the shooting death of Bethany Correira. At trial, Lawson did not dispute that he shot Correira and that she died as a result, but the jury heard conflicting evidence on the circumstances that led to the shooting. Some of the State's evidence suggested Correira was killed during an attempted rape or kidnapping,...

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