STATE v. DISTRICT COURT

No. A-8101.

53 P.3d 629 (2002)

STATE of Alaska and Thomas J. Phillips, Jr., Petitioners, v. DISTRICT COURT, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

September 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim S. Stone, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Petitioner State of Alaska.

Margi A. Mock, Assistant Public Defender, and Barbara K. Brink, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Petitioner Thomas J. Phillips, Jr.

Robert C. Bundy and Maarten Vermaat, Dorsey & Whitney, LLP, Anchorage, for Respondent.

Before: MANNHEIMER and STEWART, Judges, and ANDREWS, Superior Court Judge.


OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

This case is unusual because the State and a criminal defendant find themselves making common cause against a ruling of the district court.

The State charged Thomas J. Phillips, Jr., with the felony of first-degree failure to register as a sex offender, AS 11.56.835(a)(1). A person commits this offense if they fail to register as a sex offender and, additionally, they have a previous conviction for failing to register...

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