PETERSEN v. STATE

Nos. A-5724, A-5834 and A-5893.

930 P.2d 414 (1996)

Gary W. PETERSEN, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee. Bruce C. LARSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee. Donald G. COLBRY, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

December 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Blair McCune, Assistant Public Defender, and John B. Salemi, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellants Petersen and Colbry.

Randall W. Patterson, Assistant Public Defender, and John B. Salemi, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant Larson.

W.H. Hawley, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for appellees in file Nos. A-5724 and A-5834 (Petersen and Larson).

Eric A. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for appellee in file No. A-5893 (Colbry).

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


OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

In these consolidated appeals, the three defendants challenge the constitutionality of Alaska's stalking statutes, AS 11.41.260 and AS 11.41.270. As explained below, we conclude that the statutes do not violate the Constitution, and thus we affirm the defendants' convictions.

Facts of the Case: Petersen

In 1989, Gary W. Petersen began receiving massage therapy at the Gatekey health center in Anchorage...

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