Rollins v. State Ex Rel. Municipality of Anchorage

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Ralph A. Rollins was tried by a jury in the district court for thirty-seven counts of criminal contempt of court, in violation of AS 09.50.010(5). The jury convicted Rollins of seventeen counts and acquitted him of twenty. Rollins appeals, contending that the Municipality of Anchorage was improperly allowed to prosecute the contempt charges and that the district court lacked subject matter jurisdiction in the case. He also argues that the jury’s verdicts were inconsistent and that the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on the definition of the word…