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. OPINION 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.