FOWLER v. STATE

No. A-8254.

70 P.3d 1106 (2003)

Eric B. FOWLER, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

May 23, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marcia E. Holland, Assistant Public Defender, and Barbara K. Brink, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Kenneth M. Rosenstein, 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

STEWART, Judge.

On May 8, 2001, the Alaska Legislature passed a bill that amended the definition of felony driving while intoxicated, AS 28.35.030(n).1 Previously, driving while intoxicated had been a felony if a defendant had two prior convictions within the preceding five years. The 2001 amendment increased the "look-back" period to ten years.

Under Alaska law, a bill takes effect on the 90th day after...

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