LAWRENCE v. STATE

No. A-10757.

269 P.3d 672 (2012)

Beth K. LAWRENCE, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

January 27, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chad Flanders , Attorney at Law, Robert Lee Griffin and Dan Bair , Assistant Public Advocates, and Rachel Levitt and Richard Allen , Public Advocates, 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.

Beth K. Lawrence stole a purse that contained two "access devices" as defined in AS 11.81.900(b)(1)—a debit card and a social security card. Although she was not charged with stealing the purse itself, she was charged with two counts of theft in the second degree for stealing the access devices. A jury convicted her of both counts.

On appeal, Lawrence claims that the superior court erred when it instructed the...

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