Legal Opinion
State v. Fyfe
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided March 25, 2016No. 7094 S-15687PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MAASSEN, Justice.
I,. INTRODUCTION
Linden Fyfe was stopped by police while driving on a stretch of highway designated as a traffic safety corridor. He was charged and convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol, a violation of AS 28.85.0830, At sentencing the trial court imposed double the statutory minimum fine, relying on another statute, AS 28.90.030(a), that doubles "the fine, or maximum fine," for any violation of a provision of Title 28 in a traffic safety corridor. The court of appeals reversed. It concluded that despite the statute's plain language, the legislature…
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