Legal Opinion
Fyfe v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided August 29, 2014No. 2425 A-11058PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ALLARD, Judge.
Linden Karl Fyfe was charged with felony driving under the influence based, in part, on a Datamaster test showing that his blood alcohol level was .117 percent. At trial Fyfe raised the defense of necessity, arguing that his driving was justified because his girlfriend's daughter had been rushed to the hospital after an apparent seizure. The jury rejected that defense and convicted Fyfe.
The superior court sentenced Fyfe to 20 months with 16 months suspended. The court also imposed a $20,000 fine-double the mandatory minimum fine for felony driving under the…
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