(a) A person commits the crime of solicitation if, with intent to cause another to engage in conduct constituting a crime, the person solicits the other to engage in that conduct.

Attorney's Note

Under the Alaska Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class A felonyup to 20 yearsup to $250,000
Class B felonyup to 10 yearsup to $100,000
Class C felonyup to 5 yearsup to $50,000
Class A misdemeanorup to 1 yearup to $25,000
Class B misdemeanorup to 90 daysup to $2,000
For details, see Alaska Stat. § 12.55.125(c), Alaska Stat. § 12.55.125 and Alaska Stat. § 12.55.135
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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 11.31.110

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(b) In a prosecution under this section,

(1) it is not a defense

(A) that the defendant belongs to a class of persons who by definition are legally incapable in an individual capacity of committing the crime that is the object of the solicitation; or
(B) that a person whom the defendant solicits could not be guilty of the crime that is the object of the solicitation;
(2) it is an affirmative defense that the defendant, under circumstances manifesting a voluntary and complete renunciation of the defendant’s criminal intent, after soliciting another person to engage in conduct constituting a crime, prevented the commission of the crime.
(c) Solicitation is

(1) an unclassified felony if the crime solicited is murder in the first degree;
(2) a class A felony if the crime solicited is an unclassified felony other than murder in the first degree;
(3) a class B felony if the crime solicited is a class A felony;
(4) a class C felony if the crime solicited is a class B felony;
(5) a class A misdemeanor if the crime solicited is a class C felony;
(6) a class B misdemeanor if the crime solicited is a class A or class B misdemeanor.
(d) If the crime solicited is an unclassified crime described in a state law which is not part of this title and no provision for punishment of a solicitation to commit the crime is specified, the punishment for the solicitation is imprisonment for a term of not more than half the maximum period prescribed as punishment for the unclassified crime, or a fine of not more than half the maximum fine prescribed as punishment for the unclassified crime, or both. If the crime solicited is punishable by an indeterminate or life term, the solicitation is a class A felony.