Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 11.41.140 (2026)
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Sec. 11.41.140. Definitions.
In AS 11.41.100 — 11.41.140,
(1) “ingestion” means voluntarily or involuntarily taking a substance into the body in any manner;
(2) “person” means, when referring to the victim of a crime, a human being who has been born and was alive at the time of the criminal act; a person is “alive” if there is spontaneous respiratory or cardiac function or, when respiratory and cardiac functions are maintained by artificial means, there is spontaneous brain function.
In AS 11.41.100 — 11.41.140,
(1) “ingestion” means voluntarily or involuntarily taking a substance into the body in any manner;
(2) “person” means, when referring to the victim of a crime, a human being who has been born and was alive at the time of the criminal act; a person is “alive” if there is spontaneous respiratory or cardiac function or, when respiratory and cardiac functions are maintained by artificial means, there is spontaneous brain function.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2009–2010 · leading case: State v. Lamy, 969 A.2d 451 (N.H. 2009).
State v. Lamy, 969 A.2d 451 (N.H. 2009). “See Alaska Stat. § 11.41.140 (“A person is ‘alive’ if there is spontaneous respiratory or cardiac function or, when respiratory and cardiac functions are maintained by artificial means, there is spontaneous brain function.”
State v. Courchesne, 998 A.2d 1 (Conn. 2010). “”), citing Alaska Stat. § 11.41.140 (2008) (providing that “[a] person is ‘alive’ if there is spontaneous respiratory or cardiac function or, when respiratory and cardiac functions are maintained by artificial means, there is spontaneous brain function”).”
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