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Alaska Supreme Court· 9/1/1978

Kimoktoak v. State

Citations

  • 584 P.2d 25
  • 1978 Alas. LEXIS 689

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a defendant can not be convicted of leaving the scene of an accident unless the government proves that the defendant was aware that an accident had occurred
  • implying in a criminal hit-and-run statute a requirement that the defendant have knowingly failed to stop and render assistance
  • noting “well-established rule of statutory construction” that courts should, if possible, construe statutes “to avoid the danger of unconstitutionality”
  • “It is well-settled that an act or omission can result in serious criminal liability only when a person has the requisite criminal intent.”
  • court requires jury to find actual knowledge but apparently would permit inference of actual knowledge from circumstances which would lead a reasonably prudent person to have knowledge
  • court requires jury to find actual knowledge but apparently would permit inference of actual knowledge from circumstances which would lead a reasonably prudent person to have knowledge

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Judges: Boochever, Rabi-Nowitz, Connor, Burke, Matthews

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57 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

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