Case Name: Stephan J. DRESNEK, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent; Onno J. SPIERINGS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent; Condrat KRUKOFF, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent; Robert OKPEAHA, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent; John B. BALENTINE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent
Court: Alaska Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Alaska
Decision Date: 1986-05-02
Citations: 718 P.2d 156
Docket Number: Nos. S-963, S-973, S-1085, S-1122 and S-1231
Parties: Stephan J. DRESNEK, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent. Onno J. SPIERINGS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent. Condrat KRUKOFF, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent. Robert OKPEAHA, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent. John B. BALENTINE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.
Judges: Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 718
Pages: 156–159

Head Matter:
Stephan J. DRESNEK, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent. Onno J. SPIERINGS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent. Condrat KRUKOFF, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent. Robert OKPEAHA, Jr., Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent. John B. BALENTINE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.
Nos. S-963, S-973, S-1085, S-1122 and S-1231.
Supreme Court of Alaska.
May 2, 1986.
Susan Orlansky, Asst. Public Defender, Anchorage, Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for petitioners Stephan A. Dresnek and Condrat Krukoff.
Robert D. Bacon, Cynthia M. Hora, Asst. Attys. Gen., Anchorage, Harold M. Brown, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for respondent.
Tina Kobayashi, Asst. Public Defender, Anchorage, Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for petitioner Onno J. Spier-lings.
William A. Davies, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for petitioner Robert Okpeaha, Jr.
Sen K. Tan, Asst. Public Defender, Anchorage, Dana Fabe, Public Defender, Anchorage, for petitioner John B. Balentine.
Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and BURKE, MATTHEWS, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
We have granted review in these cases, limited to the question of "whether a trial court may give, over the criminal defendant's objection, a 'transition' instruction that the jurors must unanimously find the defendant not guilty of a greater offense before they may render a verdict on whether he is guilty of any lesser included offense." The court of appeals answered this question in the affirmative. We agree for the reasons stated by the court of appeals in Dresnek v. State, 697 P.2d 1059 (Alaska App.1985).
AFFIRMED.