Phillip J. Adams v. State Alaska

Based on information received from a drug informer named Fuselier, Anchorage police found the body of James Gummo in his apartment. His hands and feet had been bound with neck ties; a sock was stuffed in his mouth, and he had been shot in the back of the head. Fuselier told the police that Adams had committed the murder. Adams was arrested, indicted, tried, and convicted for first degree murder, and was sentenced to ninety-nine years in prison. He appeals on several grounds.