Strane v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

The Alaska Legislature has authorized the courts of this state to issue special protective orders in domestic violence cases. These protective orders can contain one or more of the types of restraining provisions listed in AS Under AS 11.56.740(7), 1 if a person is subject to a domestic violence protective order that contains one or more of these seven restraining provisions, it is a crime for that person to "knowingly" commit or attempt to commit an act that violates these provisions.

In this appeal, we are asked to construe this criminal statute and determine what…