Opinion ID: 2586077
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Heading: Elements of the crime of violating a protective order.

Text: Alaska Statute 18.66.100(b) gives the superior court the authority to issue a protective order if it finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the respondent has committed a crime involving domestic violence against the petitioner. [6] Under AS 18.66.990, crimes involving domestic violence include stalking and violating a domestic violence order under AS 11.56.740. [7] The crime of violating a protective order is defined by AS 11.56.740(a): A person commits the crime of violating a protective order if the person is subject to a protective order (1) issued or filed under AS 18.66 and containing a provision listed in AS 18.66.100(c)(1)-(7) and knowingly commits or attempts to commit an act with reckless disregard that the act violates or would violate a provision of the protective order[.] Stalking is conduct that is listed in AS 18.66.100(c)(1) and therefore when it occurs and is prohibited by a protective order, it also may be a crime of violating a protective order under AS 11.56.740(a). We understand Hora's position to be that Cooper's alleged stalking conduct is a crime involving domestic violence (justifying a new protective order under AS 18.66.100(b)) because such conduct directly violated the criminal stalking statutes and because it amounted to the crime of violating a protective order under AS 11.56.740(a). The relevant mental states referred to in AS 11.56.740(a) and in Judge Gleason's decision are defined in AS 11.81.900. [8]