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STATE v. JACK

No. S-11051.

125 P.3d 311 (2005)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Vernon G. JACK, V, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 12, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.H. Hawley, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, Gregg D. Renkes, Attorney General, Juneau, for Petitioner.

Margi A. Mock, Assistant Public Defender, Barbara K. Brink, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Respondent.

Before: BRYNER, Chief Justice, MATTHEWS, EASTAUGH, FABE, and CARPENETI, Justices.

OPINION

MATTHEWS, Justice.

Vernon Jack is charged under the Alaska criminal code with committing a sexual assault while on an Alaska state ferry in Canadian waters. The question is whether Alaska has jurisdiction to prosecute him. We conclude that jurisdiction exists for two reasons. First, AS 44.03.010(2) grants offshore jurisdiction to the State to the extent that the United States has jurisdiction, and the United States has jurisdiction in this...

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