CARPENTER v. STATE

Court of Appeals No. A-12045.

408 P.3d 1235 (2017)

Sean Allen CARPENTER, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

December 8, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Josie Garton , Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Raymond E. Beard , Assistant District Attorney, Palmer, and Jahna Lindemuth , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

Before: Mannheimer, Chief Judge, Allard, Judge, and Suddock, Superior Court Judge.


OPINION

Sean Allen Carpenter was charged with fourth-degree assault for allegedly hitting his elderly mother. Five hours into the jury deliberations on this charge, the jury sent a note to the judge indicating that they were hung. The trial judge did not notify the parties of this note. Instead, on his own initiative, the...

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