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STATE v. STRANGE

Nos. A-2637, A-2638.

785 P.2d 563 (1990)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. John E. STRANGE, and Rudy Kempen, Appellees. STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. John E. STRANGE, Christopher A. Stading, and Troy Gonzales, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

January 19, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Bacon, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Sp. Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Grace Berg Schaible and Douglas B. Baily, Attys. Gen., Juneau, for appellants.

Marcia E. Holland, Asst. Public Defender, Fairbanks, and John B. Salemi, Acting Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellees Strange and Kempen.

Nancy J. Nolan, Asst. Public Defender, and John B. Salemi, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellees Strange, Stading, and Gonzales.

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

SINGLETON, Judge.

Each of these defendants was indicted by a grand jury for first-degree misconduct involving weapons, a class C felony, in violation of AS 11.61.200(a)(3). This statute makes it a felony to possess a "prohibited weapon." "Prohibited weapon" is defined in AS 11.61.200(e)(1)(D) to include a "switchblade or gravity knife." Neither "switchblade" nor "gravity knife" is specifically defined in the statutes. See State v. Weaver, 736...

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