(DOWNLOAD) "Roger Ratliff v. State Alaska" by Court Of Appeals Of Alaska " eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Roger Ratliff v. State Alaska
- Author : Court Of Appeals Of Alaska
- Release Date : January 05, 1990
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 63 KB
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Roger Ratliff was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder. Superior Court Judge Jay Hodges sentenced Ratliff to a term
of thirteen years with three years suspended and ordered him to pay restitution in the amount of $8,200. Ratliff appeals,
contending that the evidence at trial was insufficient to support his conviction for murder. Ratliff also contends that his
sentence is excessive and that the order requiring him to pay restitution was improperly entered. We affirm the conviction
and sentence, but vacate the restitution order and remand for further proceedings. At about 6:30 p.m. on the evening of January 6, 1989, Ratliff left a friend's house in Fairbanks to drive home. He had been
drinking and smoking marijuana and was intoxicated. As Ratliff drove along the Old Richardson Highway, his car was weaving;
at times it swerved entirely into the wrong lane. Ratliff forced one oncoming car completely off the road and into a snowbank.
Another oncoming car veered almost off the road in order to avoid a head-on collision.