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WAHL v. STATE

Supreme Court No. S-16805.

441 P.3d 424 (2019)

Kenneth Arnold WAHL, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

May 17, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon Barr , Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for Petitioner.

Eric A. Ringsmuth , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Jahna Lindemuth , Attorney General, Juneau, for Respondent.

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

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

At trial a murder defendant offered an acquaintance's testimony given during grand jury proceedings, invoking the former-testimony exception to the hearsay rule. The superior court excluded the evidence, reasoning that the State did not have the same motive to develop the acquaintance...

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