Legal Opinion
Nathanson v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided August 27, 1976No. 2541PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ERWIN, Justice.
Stephen Nathanson, a commercial fisherman residing in the Seldovia, Alaska, area, was convicted by a superior court jury of fishing for king crab before the 1974 season opened, a violation of AS 16.0S.920. Prior to trial Nathanson moved to suppress all evidence which was obtained by a search and seizure of his crab pots. The superior court denied Nathanson’s motion to suppress, and this appeal is based on the denial of that motion.
The facts disclose that a new regulation, 1 enacted just prior to the 1974 — 75 season, provided that fishermen could place their crab pots in…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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- United States v. BiswellSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by28 opinions
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