Legal Opinion
Dirks v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided January 6, 2017No. 2531 A-11534PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Judge MANNHEIMER.
David P. Dirks was convicted of fourth-degree weapons misconduct for possessing a holstered handgun in the backseat of his car while he was impaired by alcohol. See AS 11.61.210(a)(1), which forbids possessing a firearm “on [one’s] person, or in the interior of a vehicle in which [one] is present, ... when [one’s] physical or- mental condition is impaired as a result of ... intoxicating liquor or a controlled substance”.
The issue in this case arises because the holstered handgun did not belong to Dirks. Rather, it belonged to Dirks’s friend, Matthew Pemberton, who was…
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- United States v. Arthur Wilson Cousins, United States of America v. Joe Armenta GanoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970
- State, Department of Public Safety, Division of Motor Vehicles v. NiedermeyerAlaska Supreme Court · 2000
- Alex v. StateCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 2006
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