Shetters v. State

OPINION

COATS, Judge.

Russell L. Shetters pleaded no contest to importation of alcohol into Kiana, a community that had, by local option election, voted to prohibit the sale and importation, but not possession, of alcoholic beverages. AS 04.-11.496(b). Because Shetters imported more than twelve liters of distilled spirits, the importation was a class C felony. AS 04.-16.200(e)(2). Superior Court Judge Paul B. Jones sentenced Shetters to a presumptive term of two years of imprisonment. Judge Jones stayed execution of the sentence pending the appeal of the constitutional issues Shetters had…