MacDonald v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

In the summer of 1997, Matthew D. MacDonald was serving a sentence for a felony. On July 7th, the Alaska Parole Board granted MacDonald a temporary release from custody; he was supposed to return two days later. When MacDonald failed to return, the Parole Board issued a warrant for his arrest. Two months later, on September 3rd, the Fairbanks police received a tip that MacDonald could be found at a local apartment, so two officers went to the apartment to arrest him. But when the officers laid hands on MacDonald, he slipped from their grasp and ran away. (MacDonald…