Case Name: STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Ralph E. MOODY, Judge of the Superior Court and the Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, Respondent. John Lekanof, Real Party in Interest
Court: Alaska Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Alaska
Decision Date: 1986-09-26
Citations: 726 P.2d 194
Docket Number: No. S-203
Parties: STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Ralph E. MOODY, Judge of the Superior Court and the Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, Respondent. John Lekanof, Real Party in Interest.
Judges: Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 726
Pages: 194–195

Head Matter:
STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Ralph E. MOODY, Judge of the Superior Court and the Superior Court for the State of Alaska, Third Judicial District, Respondent. John Lekanof, Real Party in Interest.
No. S-203.
Supreme Court of Alaska.
Sept. 26, 1986.
Peter A. Michalski, Asst. Atty. Gen., Anchorage, Norman C. Gorsuch, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for petitioner.
Tina Kobayashi, Asst. Public Defender, Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for respondent.
Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
John Lekanof was sentenced by the Honorable Ralph E. Moody in a manner deemed illegal by the state. Pursuant to Appellate Rule 402, the state petitioned the Court of Appeals for review, which was denied. The state then petitioned this court for hearing, and the petition was granted. Alaska R.App.P. 302.
Our recent decision in State v. Andrews, 723 P.2d 85 (Alaska, 1986) (aff'g., 707 P.2d 900 (Alaska App.1985)) disposes of the issues in this appeal. Under the Andrews analysis of AS 12.55.-025(e) and (g), Judge Moody had the authority to impose a concurrent sentence for the assault conviction. The effect of imposing a consecutive sentence and then suspending it is the same as imposing concurrent sentences. The sentence is therefore AFFIRMED.