23 Jul ALASKA SUPREME & APPELLATE COURT HEADNOTES FROM 7.24.2017

Alaska Supreme Court Headnotes

JEAN R. KOLLANDER, APPELLANT, V. DARYL E. KOLLANDER, APPELLEE

An attorney’s failure to take reasonable steps to investigate the facts of the case before pleading those facts in court documents is enough to warrant Rule 11 sanctions against the attorney.

Family law – Rule 11 Sanctions

Alaska Courts of Appeals Headnotes

ARTHUR A. ALEXIE, SR., APPELLANT, V. STATE OF ALASKA, APPELLEE

A court must not dismiss a petition for post-conviction relief on the basis of a technical failure in the petition or because the court chooses not to believe all of the applicant’s well-pleaded factual assertions.

Criminal law – Post-conviction relief s