Alaska Supreme Court Headnotes JAY YUK and HEE SU YUK, APPELLANTS, V. SIDNEY L. ROBERTSON, SR. and THERESA A. ROBERTSON, APPELLEES. The existence of a municipality’s sewer easement on a piece of disputed land will not prevent an adverse possessor from meeting the exclusivity requirement. ...
Alaska Supreme Court Headnotes none Alaska Courts of Appeals Headnotes SHANNON M. SILOOK, APPELLANT, V. STATE OF ALASKA, APPELLEE. Defendant’s conviction of hindering prosecution was reversed on the basis that her lies to the police did not qualify as “rendering aid,” because the lies did not rise to...
The court’s refusal to provide a permissive adverse inference jury instruction for the appellant, based on the appellee’s failure to produce certain documents during discovery, was deemed harmless because appellant’s attorney was permitted to argue in closing arguments that the jury was allowed to make...
Wife was not entitled to prejudgment interest on proceeds from the sale of a marital home that hadn’t sold yet because she could not suffer a loss of the use of money until she was legally entitled to the money, which was either when the...
When there are multiple defendants, final judgment will not be entered against one defendant until all the claims are resolved as to all defendants....
Plaintiff’s medical malpractice claim was properly dismissed by summary judgment because it was not brought within two years of the point in time when plaintiff knew or should have known he had a medical malpractice claim....
I think the plea system is problematic. If we got rid of the plea system and as an officer on the front line and a prosecutor making a charging decision you knew that when you arrested a person...
Ultimately, you are looking for people who are critical thinkers, you are looking for people who are going to be able to think for themselves and not be steered by the narrative....
You should prepare your cases as an attorney as if you're going to trial. If you prepare for a plea, you're not going to get a very good plea....
Alaska Supreme Court Headnotes Featured Case: STANLY PIENIAZEK | APPELLANT, V | STATE OF ALASKA | APPELLEE | Alaska Court of Appeals Trial court misapplied the necessary factors needed for determining a defendant’s competency to stand trial and subsequently convicted defendant. Therefore, defendant’s case must be remanded...
