MacDONALD v. STATE

No. A-7231.

997 P.2d 1187 (2000)

Jack A. MacDONALD, Sr., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

March 3, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin I. Whipple, Palmer, for Appellant.

Nancy R. Simel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

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


OPINION

COATS, Chief Judge.

This appeal involves the question of whether an individual can be prosecuted for the crime of "violating a domestic violence protective order," AS 11.56.740(a), when he has actual knowledge of the protective order, but has not been formally served with a written copy of the order. MacDonald was charged with five counts of violating a domestic violence protective order. He filed a motion in district court to dismiss the...

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