Harold Harvey Joe v. State Alaska‪.‬

In November of 1973 appellant Harold Harvey Joe was indicted for the crime of assault with a dangerous weapon. The gist of the indictment was that Harvey Joe and Lawrence Kompkoff unlawfully and feloniously assaulted William Hansen by stabbing him, being thus in violation of AS 11.15.220. On September 4, 1974, Joe entered a plea of nolo contendere to the charge of assault with a dangerous weapon. Upon acceptance of this plea, the superior court proceeded, on November 5, 1974, to sentence Joe to 10 years incarceration, the maximum period of imprisonment authorized by AS 11.15.220.