STATE v. COUCH

No. A-7069.

991 P.2d 1286 (1999)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. John M. COUCH, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

November 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy W. Terrell, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellant.

No appearance for Appellee.

Before COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and STEWART, Judges.


OPINION

COATS, J.

John M. Couch was incarcerated on the felony offenses of driving while intoxicated and failure to remain and render assistance at an injury accident.1 He applied to the superior court for a temporary release so that he could visit his grandfather who was dying of cancer in Idaho. Couch relied on Criminal Rule 35(b)(1) which provides that "[t]he court may modify or reduce a sentence within 180 days of...

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