STATE v. DUNLOP

Nos. S-923, S-1163.

721 P.2d 604 (1986)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. James DUNLOP, Respondent, STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Ozzie THOMAS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

June 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Bacon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Norman C. Gorsuch (S-923), and Harold M. Brown, (S-1163), Attys. Gen., Juneau, for petitioner.

William B. Oberly and James E. Gorton, Jr., Gorton & Oberly, Anchorage, for respondent Dunlop.

Kevin M. Carey, Asst. Public Defender, Kenai, Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for respondent Thomas.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.


OPINION

BURKE, Justice.

This case arises out of two separate criminal actions, State v. Dunlop and State v. Thomas, consolidated because they raise similar claims under the Alaska Constitution's double jeopardy provision. Alaska Const. art I., § 9.1 The main issue is whether a defendant can receive multiple sentences for injuring or killing more than one person while...

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