(DOWNLOAD) "State Alaska v. William Morris" by Court Of Appeals Of Alaska ~ Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: State Alaska v. William Morris
- Author : Court Of Appeals Of Alaska
- Release Date : January 04, 1984
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 57 KB
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SINGLETON, Judge. OPINION William Morris was charged with five counts of sexual assault in the first degree. Former AS 11.41.410(a)(4)(B). Morris eventually entered a plea of guilty to one count of sexual assault in the first degree, a class A felony punishable by a maximum sentence of twenty years' imprisonment. Former AS 11.41.410(b); former AS 12.55.125(c). Judge Cutler sentenced Morris to five years' imprisonment with five years suspended and ordered Morris to perform forty hours of community service work per year for five years. The state appeals, contending that Morris's sentence is too lenient. 1 We affirm. Morris's conviction arose out of a sexual relationship he had with his fourteen-year-old stepdaughter, P.B. The victim stated that she and Morris engaged in sexual intercourse approximately thirty-five times between May and September of 1981. Morris estimated that there were eight sexual episodes. Apparently, no force was used. During an interview conducted by the probation officer for the presentence report, the victim stated: We both knew it was wrong. We wanted to stop, but we didn't know how . . . Morris married the victim's mother in 1978. At the time of the offense, he was forty-three years of age. He had no adult criminal record, and there is no indication in the record that his current offenses were alcohol or drug related. Morris was severely injured in an accident in 1977 and has since been only sporadically employed. This left Morris, P.B., and P.B.'s twelve-year-old brother together in the house for considerable periods of time. The activity from which Morris's conviction arose occurred at home while Mrs. Morris was at work.