KOTT v. STATE

No. 5570.

678 P.2d 386 (1984)

Casimer KOTT, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

January 27, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger L. Brunner, and Kenneth P. Ringstad, Rice, Hoppner, Brown & Brunner, Fairbanks, for petitioner.

James P. Doogan, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, Harry L. Davis, Dist. Atty., Fairbanks, and Wilson Condon, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for respondent.

Before BURKE, C.J., RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS and COMPTON, JJ., and CARPENETI, Superior Court Judge.


OPINION

BURKE, Chief Justice.

Casimer Kott petitions for hearing from a court of appeals decision reversing a judgment of acquittal entered by the district court on collateral estoppel grounds. We affirm the decision of the court of appeals.

Kott and Roland Bonneville were Fairbanks police officers. On January 10, 1979, they were attempting to videotape an individual whom they suspected of drunk driving. During the videotaping an altercation occurred...

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