Legal Opinion
Gottschalk v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided February 10, 1978No. 2916PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before BOOCHEVER, C. J., and RABI-NOWITZ, CONNOR, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ. MATTHEWS, Justice.
George Gottschalk was convicted of criminal libel and received a six-month jail sentence with four months suspended and a $500 fine. We shall briefly relate the circumstances on which the conviction was based.
On the evening of July 26, 1975 in Nak-nek trooper Phillip Gilson went to the Fisherman’s Bar to investigate a disturbance. While there Gilson and Gottschalk had a disagreeable exchange of words. Later that evening trooper Gilson impounded Gottschalk’s truck for being towed without…
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