STATE v. ABC TOWING

No. A-6394.

954 P.2d 575 (1998)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. ABC TOWING, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

February 20, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Ron Sutcliffe, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellant.

Brent R. Cole, Marston & Cole, Anchorage, for Appellee.

Before MANNHEIMER, J., and RABINOWITZ, Senior Supreme Court Justice, and ANDREWS, Superior Court Judge.


OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

This case involves the law of "vicarious responsibility" — the law defining when one person can be held criminally responsible for the conduct of another. More specifically, this case presents the question of whether a business run by a sole proprietor is an "organization" under AS 11.16.130(a), a statute which declares that organizations are criminally responsible for certain acts of their agents. We hold that a...

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