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- Title: Jeffrey Wells v. State Alaska
- Author : Court Of Appeals Of Alaska
- Release Date : January 07, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
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After a trial in Anchorage, Jeffrey Wells was convicted of escape in the second degree. AS 11.56.310(a)(1)(A). He had been serving a two-year presumptive sentence at the Palmer Correctional Center following a Juneau conviction for fraudulent use of a credit card. AS 11.46.285. In 1979 Wells had been convicted of burglary in Oregon. Judge Pegues treated Wells burglary as a prior felony and therefore imposed a presumptive sentence for the fraudulent use of a credit card conviction. Judge Moore agreed with Judge Pegues decision and consequently treated Wells as a third felony offender for purposes of his escape sentence. Wells raises three contentions on appeal. First, Wells argues that the trial court erred in rejecting his "necessity defense" to the escape charge. Second, Wells contends that the sentencing courts erred in treating his Oregon conviction as a prior felony conviction and sentencing him, respectively, as a second felony offender for the fraudulent use of a credit card conviction and a third felony offender for the escape conviction. Finally, Wells contends that his sentence for escape is excessive. We affirm.