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HUNTER v. STATE

No. A-10657.

307 P.3d 8 (2013)

Richard Francis HUNTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

August 16, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooke Berens , Assistant Public Advocate, Appeals & Statewide Defense Section, Rachel Levitt , Acting Public Advocate (opening brief), and Richard Allen , Public Advocate (reply brief), Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Terisia Chleborad , 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

Judge MANNHEIMER.

Richard Francis Hunter appeals his convictions for second-degree murder and tampering with evidence. At trial, the major issue was whether Hunter acted in self defense. On appeal, the question is whether the superior court committed error when, over Hunter's objection, the court allowed two police officers to testify concerning Hunter's propensity for aggression and violence.

One of these officers testified that Hunter...

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