- Stoneking v. State
CRIMINAL LAW
Court of Appeals of Alaska (2025)
Katharine Roberts
In Stoneking v. State, 567 P.3d 725 (Alaska Ct. App. 2025), the Court of Appeals of Alaska held that the Alaska Parole Board may not deny a defendant’s application for discretionary parole because it deems the defendant’s conviction a serious crime or based on the board members’ personal ...
- Rice v. State
CRIMINAL LAW
Court of Appeals of Alaska (2025)
Mike Galane
In Rice v. State, 563 P.3d 132 (Alaska Ct. App. 2025), the Court of Appeals of Alaska held that the Sixth Amendment provides no exception to admit unconfronted testimonial hearsay even if the judge determines admission of the hearsay might be reasonably necessary to correct a misleading impression. ...
- Marino v. State
CRIMINAL LAW
Court of Appeals of Alaska (2025)
Olivia Sontag
In Marino v. State, 577 P.3d 992 (Alaska Ct. App. 2025), the Court of Appeals of Alaska held exculpatory evidence raised an issue of material fact and that a criminal defendant raising an untimely claim of newly discovered evidence of innocence must prove by clear and convincing evidence ...
- Collins v. State
CRIMINAL LAW
Supreme Court of Alaska (2025)
Katharine Roberts
In Collins v. State, 568 P.3d 349 (Alaska 2025), the Supreme Court of Alaska held that the Court of Appeals of Alaska erred by retroactively applying new standards dictating whether a criminal defendant’s case can be heard by a three-judge sentencing panel, violating the separation of powers doctrine and ...
- Burton-Hill v. State
CRIMINAL LAW
Court of Appeals of Alaska (2025)
Drew Loughlin
In Burton-Hill v. State, 569 P.3d 1 (Alaska Ct. App. 2025), the Court of Appeals of Alaska held that the crime of riot as defined in AS 11.61.100(a) requires the common-law elements of mutual agreement by defendant and at least five other people and applies only when the ...
- Burney v. State
CRIMINAL LAW
Court of Appeals of Alaska (2025)
James Blair
In Burney v. State, 563 P.3d 86 (Alaska Ct. App. 2025), the Court of Appeals of Alaska held that the trial court’s determination that a jury tampering incident was not presumptively prejudicial was error, because the trial court framed the incident from the perspective of an objective observer, ...
- Ballard v. State
CRIMINAL LAW
Court of Appeals of Alaska (2025)
Suleyman Amjad
In Ballard v. State, 576 P.3d 686 (Alaska Ct. App. 2025), the Court of Appeals of Alaska held that signed and notarized calibration reports of a breathalyzer are admissible under the public records exception to hearsay and are self-authenticating documents. (Id. at 690–91). Ballard was pulled over on ...
- Summerall v. State
CRIMINAL LAW
Court of Appeals of Alaska (2024)
Ryan Ciemny
In Summerall v. State, 553 P.3d 1255 (Alaska Ct. App. 2024), the court of appeals held that Alaska Statute § 12.55.090(c), as amended in 2019, applies to conduct, including new probation violations, that occurred on or after its effective date of July 9, 2019. (Id. at 1258–61). Summerall ...
- Hank v. State
CRIMINAL LAW
Court of Appeals of Alaska (2024)
Abby Murray
In Hank v. State, the court of appeals held that a trial court may accept a mandatory stipulation to element(s) of a crime, without first obtaining the defendant’s personal waiver of the right to a jury trial on the element(s), so long as: (1) the stipulation does not ...
- Groom v. State
CRIMINAL LAW
Court of Appeals of Alaska (2024)
Holly Merrill
In Groom v. State, 551 P.3d 567 (Alaska Ct. App. 2024), the court of appeals held that the defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to a jury trial was not violated when a judge determined the amount of restitution he owed. (Id. at 574). Groom was convicted of workers’ compensation ...
