HESS v. STATE

Supreme Court No. S-16466.

435 P.3d 876 (2018)

Christopher Seegana HESS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brooke Berens , Assistant Public Advocate, Anchorage, and Richard Allen , Public Advocate, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Terisia K. Chleborad , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Jahna Lindemuth , Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before: Stowers, Chief Justice, Winfree, Maassen, Bolger, and Carney, Justices.


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

A jury convicted Christopher Hess of second and third degree assault. He appealed, arguing that the superior court committed plain error by not addressing improper statements in the prosecutor's closing arguments. The court of appeals affirmed Hess's convictions and held that, although...

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