In the Disciplinary Matter Involving Schuler

OPINION

COMPTON, Justice.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Bryan E. Schuler, while employed as a District Attorney for the State of Alaska in Bethel, “enter[ed] the Alaska Commercial Company Store in Bethel, and plaee[d] several cassette tapes in a day-pack [he] was carrying. [He] did intend to leave the store without paying for them.”

Upon perceiving that store employees were observing him, Schuler abandoned the day-pack. He went home after a store employee told him not to return to the store. Later, Schuler was requested to come to the police station. After consultation with counsel, he…