...man will serve 101 years in prison for the Christmas 2003 murder of a Kenai police officer. Superior Court Judge Donald Hopwood on Tuesday sentenced David Forster to the maximum allowable under Alaska law for what he called the "execution-style...
...in prison. Cameron Watts pleaded no contest to reduced charges of attempted kidnapping and sexual assault. Judge Donald Hopwood also ordered that Watts be placed on seven years' probation. Watts, 19, was a former Lathrop High School standout...
...sentenced Tuesday to 14 years in prison for sexually assaulting a daughter. Sound off on the important issues at Judge Donald Hopwood imposed the sentence after more than a dozen heart-wrenching victim impact statements were delivered in court from...
...reason to think youths had been drinking, but the police should have gotten a warrant, Kodiak Superior Court Judge Donald Hopwood ruled last month. Police are allowed to enter homes with permission, a judge's warrant or under some exceptions...
...reason to think youths had been drinking, but the police should have gotten a warrant, Kodiak Superior Court Judge Donald Hopwood ruled last month. Police are allowed to enter homes with permission, a judge's warrant or under some exceptions...
...are an abomination to the Lord," said one of his underage sons, quoting Proverbs 12:22. Superior Court Judge Donald Hopwood is expected today to impose sentence after additional victim testimony and after hearing from Hale himself. Hale's...
...misconduct involving a controlled substance. Defense attorneys on Monday praised the decision by Superior Court Judge Donald Hopwood. "The significance of this ruling is that it upholds the idea of an independent judicial system," said Mark Osterman...
...veteran of the Kenai police force was shot in the head with his own service revolver. Forster's trial before Judge Donald Hopwood is expected to begin Monday and last three weeks. Twenty-one potential jurors were excused Monday based upon answers...
...couldn't answer questions about Hale's decision until after the plea had been entered in front of Superior Court Judge Donald Hopwood, who was scheduled to preside over the trial. Hale had lived with his family on a remote mining site inside Wrangell-St...
...the Revenue Department from collecting additional tax. The case reached the Supreme Court after Superior Court Judge Donald Hopwood ruled in the shippers' favor and the state appealed. Filing friend-of-the-court briefs to buttress OSG's...
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