SAATHOFF v. STATE

No. A-7078.

991 P.2d 1280 (1999)

Greg SAATHOFF, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

November 19, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Malin, Assistant Public Defender, and Barbara K. Brink, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Marcelle K. McDannel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

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


OPINION

MANNHEIMER, J.

In the summer of 1988, Greg Saathoff was working as a cab driver in Anchorage. A man he did not know approached him and offered to sell him an old rifle for $100.00. When Saathoff demurred, the man lowered his price to $35.00. Despite his suspicion that the rifle might be stolen property, Saathoff purchased the weapon. A short time later, Saathoff's suspicion was confirmed: a weapons appraiser informed him that the rifle was...

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