John Albert Scudero Jr. v. State of Alaska

Summary

The court held that Alaska may enforce nondiscriminatory commercial fishing regulations in state waters for conservation purposes even assuming the defendant possessed broad aboriginal or reserved fishing rights. It upheld the defendant’s convictions, rejected his evidentiary challenges, and concluded that his fine and other sentencing terms were not clearly mistaken. The court remanded only to remove probationary terms that conflicted with the sentence announced orally.