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- Title: State Alaska v. James Dunlop
- Author : Supreme Court of Alaska
- Release Date : January 13, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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This case arises out of two separate criminal actions, State v. Dunlop and State v. Thomas, consolidated because they raise similar claims under the Alaska Constitutions double jeopardy provision. Alaska Const. art I., § 9. The main issue is whether a defendant can receive multiple sentences for injuring or killing more than one person while driving under the influence of alcohol. The state requests that we overrule or modify our holdings in Thessen v. State, 508 P.2d 1192 (Alaska 1973), and State v. Souter, 606 P.2d 399 (Alaska 1980), where we held that separate punishments for multiple deaths resulting from a single criminal act are impermissible under the states double jeopardy clause. We conclude that Alaskas constitutional prohibition against double jeopardy does not bar multiple sentences for multiple victims where one statute has been violated several times.
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