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• Title: Ronald Williamson v. State Alaska
• Author : Court Of Appeals Of Alaska
• Release Date : January 21, 1984
• Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
• Pages : * pages
• Size : 68 KB

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Ronald Williamson was charged by indictment with one count of murder in the second degree, one count of robbery in the first degree and two counts of tampering with physical evidence. AS 11.41 .110(a)(1); AS 11.41.500(a)(1); AS 11.56.610(a) (1), (a)(4). Following a jury trial, Williamson was convicted of manslaughter, a lesser-included offense of second-degree murder. He was also convicted of both counts of tampering with physical evidence. Superior Court Judge J. Justin Ripley sentenced Williamson to five years imprisonment for each of the tampering charges and fifteen years imprisonment for manslaughter Williamson appeals, contending that the trial court erred in admitting the hearsay statement of his codefendant, Otis Orth, which was offered to prove that Williamson intended to rob the decedent, John Dunkin. In addition, Williamson argues that the court erred in excluding evidence which supported his claim that he was acting in self-defense, including evidence of Dunkins sexually aggressive behavior on a prior occasion and physical evidence that Dunkin had access to drugs. Because we cannot find that admission of Orths hearsay statement was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, we reverse Williamsons conviction for manslaughter and remand for a new trial.

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