Case Name: Walter James NIELSEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee
Court: Alaska Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Alaska
Decision Date: 1971-12-30
Citations: 492 P.2d 122
Docket Number: No. 1503
Parties: Walter James NIELSEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.
Judges: Before BONEY, C. J., and RABINO-WITZ, CONNOR and ERWIN, JJ.
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 492
Pages: 122–122

Head Matter:
Walter James NIELSEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.
No. 1503.
Supreme Court of Alaska.
Dec. 30, 1971.
Herbert D. Soli, Public Defender, Anchorage, Barry J. Rovins, R. Collin Middleton, Asst. Public Defenders, Ketchikan, for appellant.
John E. Havelock, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Harold M. Brown, Dist. Atty., Ketchikan, for appellee.
Before BONEY, C. J., and RABINO-WITZ, CONNOR and ERWIN, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from a sentence of three years imprisonment, imposed after appellant's plea of guilty to the charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. Appellant, without substantial provocation, had repeatedly stabbed the victim with a butcher knife. Finding the sentence to be clearly nonexcessive in view of the violent nature of the crime charged, we affirm.