Demers v. State

OPINION

STEWART, Judge.

From 1994 until 1999, James G. Demers served as treasurer of the Juneau-based Alaska Folk Festival, a non-profit organization. After Demers resigned his position, the new treasurer discovered discrepancies in the Festival's business records. More than $13,000 was unaccounted for in over forty transactions spanning more than four years. After the police investigated, the State filed an information charging Demers with one count each of second-degree theft and falsifying business records.1

Demers waived indictment by the grand jury and pleaded no contest to the charges.…