Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 1503. Attorney(S) Herbert D. Soll, Public Defender, Anchorage, Barry J. Rovins, R. Collin Middleton, Public Defenders, Ketchikan, for John E. Havelock, , Juneau, Harold M. Brown, , Ketchikan, for See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. WALTER JAMES NIELSEN, APPELLANT, v. STATE OF ALASKA, APPELLEE. OPINION PER CURIAM. This is an appeal from a sentence of three years imprisonment, imposed after appellant's plea of guilty to the charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. Appellant, without substantial provocation, had repeatedly stabbed the victim with a butcher knife. Finding the sentence to be clearly nonexcessive in view of the violent nature of the crime charged, we affirm.