Geoffrey Mathis v. State Alaska

Geoffrey and Donna Mathis were each convicted of one count of murder in the first degree, AS 11.41.100(a); one count of kidnapping, AS 11.41.300(a); one count of robbery in the first degree, AS 11.41.500(a)(1); one count of murder in the second degree, AS 11.41.110(a)(3); and two counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the third degree, AS 11.71.030(a)(1). Judge Jay Hodges sentenced the Mathises to ninety-nine years each for both the first-degree murder convictions and the kidnapping convictions, and to four years each for each count of the misconduct involving a controlled substance convictions. He also sentenced Mr. Mathis to ten years for the first-degree robbery conviction, and Mrs. Mathis to seven years for the first-degree robbery conviction. No sentences were imposed for the second-degree murder convictions, which were deemed to have merged into the first-degree murder convictions. All sentences were made concurrent with each other, thus leaving each of the Mathises subject to a composite sentence of ninety-nine years incarceration. The Mathises appeal, challenging their convictions and sentences.