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ECHOLS v. STATE

No. A-3307.

818 P.2d 691 (1991)

Arthur W. ECHOLS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

October 4, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan Orlansky, Asst. Public Defender, and John B. Salemi, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Cynthia M. Hora, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Sp. Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, Charles E. Cole, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before BRYNER, C.J., COATS, J., and ANDREWS, Superior Court Judge.

OPINION

COATS, Judge.

Arthur W. Echols was convicted, following a jury trial, of assault in the first degree, a class A felony. AS 11.41.200. Echols appeals, arguing that Superior Court Judge Mark C. Rowland did not properly charge the jury on the elements of her offense. We agree and reverse Echols' conviction.

Arthur Echols was indicted based on an incident which occurred when her husband, Melvin J. Echols, beat the Echols' fourteen-year-old daughter...

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