Bachlet v. State

941 P.2d 200, 1997 Alas. App. LEXIS 29, 1997 WL 314457
CourtCourt of Appeals of Alaska
DecidedJune 13, 1997
DocketA-5823
StatusPublished
Cited by11 cases

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Bachlet v. State, 941 P.2d 200, 1997 Alas. App. LEXIS 29, 1997 WL 314457 (Ala. Ct. App. 1997).

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OPINION

COATS, Chief Judge.

Jacalyn Bachlet was convicted, following a jury trial, of two counts of receiving a bribe, a class B felony, one count of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the sixth degree (possession of less than one half pound of marijuana), a class B misdemeanor, and three counts of solicitation to engage in the crime of delivering controlled substances, a class A misdemeanor. AS 11.56.110(a)(2); AS 11.71.060; AS 11.31.110(a) and AS 11.71.040(a)(2). Superi- or Court Judge Mark C. Rowland sentenced Bachlet to a five-year suspended imposition of sentence on the bribery convictions. Judge Rowland required Bachlet to serve a term of imprisonment of six months as a condition of probation. He imposed shorter concurrent sentences on the marijuana offenses. Bachlet appeals her convictions. We affirm.

In October of 1993, Jacalyn Bachlet, an assistant public defender in the Public Defender’s office in Palmer, was appointed to represent Phillip Carter. Carter had been charged with several marijuana offenses and one possession of cocaine offense.

Carter testified that he met with Bachlet at various times between January and April of 1994 to discuss his case. He testified that Bachlet told him that the Public Defender Agency did not allot her enough time to work on individual cases, but she thought that Carter’s ease was a special case and she could put more time into it if Carter did some things for her. Carter testified that he gave Bachlet small amounts of marijuana, which Bachlet referred to as “fuel for the case.” He further testified that he took her out for expensive dinners, bought her champagne, and provided her with other meals. During Bachlet’s regularly scheduled vacation, he paid for an overnight trip to Chena Hot Springs. Carter contends that the purpose of this trip was for Bachlet to get away from the office and enable her to work on the suppression motion that she planned to file in his case. Baehlet’s account of the Chena Hot Springs trip was different. Bachlet asserts that she was “hooked on Carter,” that she “wanted” him, that she thought that he was in love with her, and that she thought the trip was so that they could spend time together. Carter and Bachlet had a consensual sexual relationship during this trip.

Carter testified that Bachlet told him that she thought that she should get a little “extra compensation” for putting more time into his ease. When Carter asked her what she meant, she responded that she wanted to have a little cabin next to a river or a lake. Carter agreed that he would build her a [203]*203cabin if she was successful in having the charges against him dismissed, and if she supplied the land and materials. Carter testified that Bachlet repeatedly told him that “there’s no justice in the court system unless you have money to pay for it.” Carter testified that Bachlet scared him into giving her whatever she wanted, because he was willing to give her what she wanted “to get justice.”

Bachlet filed a motion to suppress evidence in Carter’s case, which was denied by the trial court. Ultimately, Carter plead no contest to one felony count of possession of marijuana, reserving the right to appeal the trial court’s denial of the motion to suppress under Cooksey.

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