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STATE v. DUTCH HARBOR SEAFOODS, LTD.

No. S-6919.

965 P.2d 738 (1998)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. DUTCH HARBOR SEAFOODS, LTD., Respondent. STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. TRIDENT SEAFOODS CORP., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

October 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. Johnson, W.H. Hawley, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Petitioner.

Joel H. Bolger, Jamin, Ebell, Bolger & Gentry, Kodiak, and Walter W. Mason, Jamin, Ebell, Bolger & Gentry, Seattle, for Respondents.

Before COMPTON, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH and FABE, JJ.

OPINION ON REHEARING

MATTHEWS, Justice.

The question presented in these consolidated cases is whether entities charged with strict liability commercial fishing violations are entitled to a trial by jury.1 We answer this question in the negative. Such violations are minor offenses which do not fall within established standards for determining whether a criminal jury trial is required. Cases prosecuting such violations are...

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