COLLINS v. STATE

Court of Appeals No. A-12816.

494 P.3d 60 (2021)

Yako William COLLINS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jane B. Martinez , Anchorage, under contract with the Public Defender Agency (initial brief), and Kelly R. Taylor , Assistant Public Defender (supplemental brief), and Samantha Cherot , Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Eric A. Ringsmuth , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Anchorage, and Ed Sniffen , Attorney General Designate, Juneau, for the Appellee.

Before: Harbison, Judge, Mannheimer, Senior Judge, and Lyle, Superior Court Judge.


OPINION

Yako William Collins stands convicted of first-degree sexual assault, and the present appeal is the latest stage of the litigation to determine what law governs his sentencing.

In 2006, the Alaska legislature amended the provisions of AS 12.55.125 to establish significantly higher presumptive sentencing...

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