(DOWNLOAD) "Michael Simpson v. State Alaska" by Court Of Appeals Of Alaska # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: Michael Simpson v. State Alaska
Author : Court Of Appeals Of Alaska
Release Date : January 24, 1990
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 60 KB

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Michael Simpson was convicted by a jury of one count of first-degree sexual abuse of a minor, three counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, and three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Superior Court Judge Karl S. Johnstone sentenced Simpson to a presumptive term of eight years for first-degree sexual abuse of a minor. The Judge imposed suspended sentences of two years for each of the three counts of second-degree sexual abuse of a minor, making those sentences concurrent to each other but consecutive to the eight-year unsuspended term. For the three counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, Judge Johnstone imposed six-month terms, making them concurrent to all other sentences. Simpson appeals his conviction, claiming that the prosecution improperly shifted the burden of proof during its closing argument. Simpson also challenges the sentence that he received for first-degree sexual abuse, arguing that Judge Johnstone erred in rejecting two proposed mitigating factors and that the three-Judge panel erred in declining jurisdiction. We affirm.