Lewis v. State

RABINOWITZ, Justice.

On April 25, 1967, appellant, a licensed guide, was in Game Management Unit 9 on the Alaska Peninsula near the Aniakchak Crater guiding Robert Ascroft, a nonresident hunter from Berkely, Michigan. As a result of the events of that day, both appellant and his client were charged with violations of Alaska’s game laws.1 Separate trials were thereafter calendared for appellant and Ascroft. The latter forfeited his appearance bond when he failed to appear for trial in district court. Prior to the trial date scheduled in his case, appellant moved the district court for an order…