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Title: Wayne F. Putnam v. State Alaska
Author : Supreme Court of Alaska
Release Date : January 19, 1980
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 68 KB

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On July 16, 1976, Wayne F. Putnam was indicted on charges of arson, burning with intent to defraud an insurer and obtaining money by false pretenses. Following a trial by jury he was convicted on all three charges. The court suspended the imposition of sentence for five years and placed Puntnam on probation, on the special conditions that he serve 90 days in jail and pay $170,801.00 in restitution. He now appeals contending that the trial court erred in failing to dismiss his allegedly invalid indictment and in refusing to strike the testimony at trial of one of the states witnesses or grant other relief as a sanction for the states failure to produce or explain the loss or destruction of two taped interviews with this witness. The state cross-appeals maintaining that the sentence imposed was too lenient. We conclude that the case must be remanded for a further evidentiary hearing concerning the circumstances surrounding the loss or destruction of the tapes. In the event that it is unnecessary to reverse the conviction as a result of the further hearings, we have decided to pass on the sentence appeal so that an additional appeal on that point will be unnecessary. We expressly disapprove of the sentence imposed as being too lenient.