CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Supreme Court of Alaska (2025) Jordan Scott In State v. Estate of Powell, 563 P.3d 50 (Alaska 2025), the Supreme Court of Alaska held that Alaska Criminal Rule 6(s)(1) governing admissibility of evidence before the grand jury permits the presentation of evidence if the requirements for admissibility at a future trial would be Continue Reading »
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Supreme Court of Alaska (2025) Jordan Scott In Office of Public Advocacy v. Superior Court, First Judicial District, 566 P.3d 235 (Alaska 2025), the Supreme Court of Alaska held that a public defender agency’s lack of capacity resulting from excessive caseload, which prevents the agency from providing effective representation, constitutes a conflict of Continue Reading »
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Court of Appeals of Alaska (2025) Mike Galane In Macasaet v. State, 566 P.3d 287 (Alaska Ct. App. 2025), the Court of Appeals of Alaska held that warrants authorizing a search of a cell phone’s “app data” are too broad and therefore violate the Fourth Amendment’s particularity requirement, but a warrant authorizing a Continue Reading »
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Court of Appeals of Alaska (2025) Lily Skopp In Lorenz v. City & Borough of Juneau, 576 P.3d 675 (Alaska Ct. App. 2025), the Court of Appeals of Alaska determined that a nuisance-barking ordinance was not unconstitutionally vague as it provided adequate guidance to both pet owners and enforcement officials regarding the scope Continue Reading »
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Court of Appeals of Alaska (2025) Tommy Nowak In Lookhart v. State, 570 P.3d 949 (Alaska Ct. App. 2025), the Court of Appeals of Alaska held that a search warrant giving officers the right to seize dental and healthcare records, computers and any “removable or loose computer storage media such as … cell Continue Reading »
CRIMINAL PROCEDURE Court of Appeals of Alaska (2025) Alison Tobin In Aketachunak v. State, 563 P.3d 622 (Alaska Ct. App. 2025), the Court of Appeals of Alaska held that Alaska Criminal Rule 7(e) does not bar the state from introducing a new charge against a defendant three days before the defendant’s scheduled trial. (Id. at Continue Reading »
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 Continue Reading »
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 Continue Reading »
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 Continue Reading »
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 Continue Reading »
