Phillip Morris v. State Alaska

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice. OPINION. In the superior court Phillip Morris was charged by indictment with four counts of forgery and one count of attempting to pass a forged check. 1 Appellant subsequently entered pleas of nolo contendere and was sentenced to seven years imprisonment on each forgery count and five years imprisonment on the attempted forgery count. The sentences were made to run concurrently. 2 This sentence appeal followed. Phillip Morris contends that the sentence which the superior court entered is excessive because the sentencing court committed an abuse of discretion in failing to consider suspending imposition of all or part of the sentence on condition that Morris complete a two year program at Family House.