OrderWe granted a petition for hearing from the court of appeals' decision in Kankanton v. State, 342 P.3d 840 (Alaska App.2015). We have considered the record of the superior court proceedings and the briefs and arguments of counsel.
OrderWe granted a petition for hearing from the court of appeals' decision in Kankanton v. State, 342 P.3d 840 (Alaska App.2015). We have considered the record of the superior court proceedings and the briefs and arguments of counsel.
We therefore applied the rule of lenity and construed the definition of "access device" narrowly, against the imposition of criminal liability.Kankanton v. State , 342 P.3d 840, 842 (Alaska App. 2015), aff'd , 368 P.3d 613 (Alaska 2016).Id.