STATE v. MORGAN

No. A-7040.

985 P.2d 1022 (1999)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Erwin MORGAN, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

September 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for appellant.

Lori M. Bodwell, Fairbanks, for appellee.

Before COATS, Chief Judge, MANNHEIMER and STEWART, Judges.


OPINION

COATS, Chief J.

This petition presents us with a question of statutory interpretation. The question before us is whether Morgan could be convicted under AS 11.46.290(a) of obtaining a credit card by fraudulent means when he only obtained the credit card number and not the physical card. We conclude that, for these purposes, the credit card number is the "credit card."

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