Press Release

Michael Jolly Sentenced to 6 Months to Serve for Domestic Violence Assault Against Mother of Newborns

Anchorage Assistant District Attorney Ashley McGraw pictured in the foreground after the sentencing. Michael Jolly in the background is giving his fingerprints to the Judicial Services Officer.
*Photo by Patty Sullivan, AK Dept. of Law*

October 15, 2024

(Anchorage, Alaska) -- On Oct. 2, Anchorage Superior Court Judge Christina Rankin, sentenced Michael Jolly to 24 months in jail with 18 months suspended and three years of felony probation following his release from jail.

Jolly, 35, was sentenced following a May 2024 jury trial and subsequent guilty conviction of two counts of Assault in the Third Degree and one count of Assault in the Fourth Degree.

The convictions stem from Jolly’s April 2022 conduct in which he strangled his wife in their home two weeks after she had given birth to the couple’s twins.

CONTACT: Anchorage Assistant District Attorney Ashley D. McGraw at (907) 269-6300 or Ashley.mcgraw@alaska.gov

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Department Media Contacts: Communications Director Patty Sullivan at patty.sullivan@alaska.gov or (907) 269-6368. Information Officer Sam Curtis at sam.curtis@alaska.gov or (907) 269-6269.