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MARTIN v. STATE

No. 6665.

664 P.2d 612 (1983)

Adele MARTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

June 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Lee Petersen, Anchorage, for appellant.

W.H. Hawley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Sp. Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before BRYNER, C.J., and COATS and SINGLETON, JJ.

OPINION

SINGLETON, Judge.

Adele Martin was convicted of murder in the first degree, AS 11.41.100. She received the minimum twenty-year sentence. She appeals arguing that the court improperly instructed the jury, erred in denying her motion for judgment of acquittal, and erred in denying a motion for mistrial. Martin also contends that the minimum twenty-year sentence for first-degree murder is unconstitutional. We affirm.

Adele Martin shot and killed...

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