Legal Opinion

Kott v. State

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided January 27, 1984No. 5570PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BURKE, Chief Justice.

Casimer Kott petitions for hearing from a court of appeals decision reversing a judgment of acquittal entered by the district court on collateral estoppel grounds. We affirm the decision of the court of appeals.

Kott and Roland Bonneville were Fairbanks police officers. On January 10, 1979, they were attempting to videotape an individual whom they suspected of drunk driving. During the videotaping an altercation occurred which led to the filing of a criminal complaint against Kott and Bonne*388ville, charging them with assault of the suspect and erasure of the videotape…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Parklane Hosiery Co. v. ShoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Blonder-Tongue Laboratories, Inc. v. University of Illinois FoundationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. United States v. BallSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
  5. Serfass v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. People v. FranklinIllinois Supreme Court · 1995
  2. Briggs v. State, Department of Public Safety, Division of Motor VehiclesAlaska Supreme Court · 1987
  3. Pruitt v. State, Department of Public Safety, Division of Motor VehiclesAlaska Supreme Court · 1992
  4. State v. MouserCourt of Appeals of Alaska · 1991
  5. People v. AlleeSupreme Court of Colorado · 1987

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