Legal Opinion
Clucas v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided July 19, 1991No. A-3692PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before BRYNER, C.J., MANNHEIMER, J., and ANDREWS, Superior Court Judge. * BRYNER, Chief Judge.
Robert J. Clucas was convicted of operating a set gill net within 600 feet of another gill net. Clucas appeals, arguing that the district court erred in rejecting his proposed affirmative defense of “first in time, first in right.” We reverse.
Clucas was arrested at Squarehead Cove in Tuxedni Bay on May 9, 1990. Fish and Wildlife Officers Mark Kruzick and Curtis Bedingfield arrived at Squarehead Cove on May 8, 1990, during an open season of the herring gill net fishery. The officers saw…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- State v. WillersSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1954
- Fisher v. EverettDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1945
- CWC Fisheries, Inc. v. BunkerAlaska Supreme Court · 1988
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