REYNOLDS v. STATE

No. 6432.

655 P.2d 1313 (1982)

David REYNOLDS, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

December 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Feldman, Gilmore & Feldman, Anchorage, for appellant.

Larry R. Weeks, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, and Wilson L. Condon, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for appellee.

Before BRYNER, C.J., and COATS and SINGLETON, JJ.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

David Reynolds was convicted of fishing in closed waters in violation of 5 AAC 06.350(b). He appeals, contending that the trial judge's failure to require a showing of mens rea was error. We agree, and therefore reverse Reynolds' conviction.

Reynolds is a commercial fisherman in the Bristol Bay area. On July 21, 1981, his boat drifted up the Kvichak River with the tide past two shore markers beyond which gill net fishing...

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