STATE v. WATTS

Court of Appeals No. A-12572.

421 P.3d 124 (2018)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Tisha Dee WATTS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

March 9, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. Ringsmuth , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Anchorage, and James E. Cantor , Acting Attorney General, Juneau, for the Petitioner.

Douglas O. Moody , Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Respondent.

Before: Mannheimer, Chief Judge, Allard, Judge, and Suddock, Superior Court Judge.


OPINION

Under AS 11.41.220(a)(1)(A), it is a felony for a person to recklessly place another person in fear of imminent serious physical injury by means of a dangerous instrument.

In the present case, the superior court has ruled that this statute is unconstitutional unless the phrase "places another person in...

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