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SPIERINGS v. ALASKA

No. 86-5373.

479 U.S. 1021 (1986)

SPIERINGS v. ALASKA.

Supreme Court of United States.

December 15, 1986.

Certiorari denied.

JUSTICE WHITE, dissenting.

In this case, the Supreme Court of the State of Alaska affirmed the petitioner's conviction, rejecting his argument that the trial judge improperly instructed the jury on a lesser included offense. Dresnek v. State, 718 P.2d 156 (1986). Over the petitioner's objection, the trial judge gave a "transition instruction"; the jurors were instructed that they could not...

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