Maeckle v. State

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Bernhard F. Maeckle was convicted by a jury of two counts of guiding without a license and two counts of possessing illegally taken game. Superior Court Judge Victor D. Carlson sentenced Maeckle to concurrent terms of two years with one year suspended for guiding without a license and six months for possessing illegally taken game. On appeal, Maeckle contends that the statute imposing felony sanctions for guiding without a license violated his rights to equal protection and due process. He also argues that the trial court erred in instructing the jury to disregard…