The trial court’s decision to consider each spouse’s healthcare eligibility as an equal benefit with respect to marital distribution was incorrect because it classified wife’s healthcare eligibility as marital property instead of separate property....
I think there are some programs in the state of Alaska that are helpful for drugs and alcohol in the jails. I don't think that many of the other rehabilitative programs outweigh the negatives. Prison is a great place to go and meet people who...
ALASKA COURTS OF APPEALS HEADNOTES CORRINA I. McCORD, APPELLANT, V. STATE OF ALASKA, APPELLEE. The defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal was properly denied because the double jeopardy clause and Lockhart rule do not prohibit the government from retrying defendant even if the evidence should have been...
KEVIN PATRICK MAGUIRE, APPELLANT, V. STATE OF ALASKA, APPELLEE. Alaska Court of Appeals Five year probation sentence for failure to meet child-support obligations was not excessive, despite defendant’s age or lack of criminal history....
All eyes are on Alaska as we lead the charge in common sense, research based, bi-partisan criminal justice reform. The accession of fiscal conservatism in the Republican Party, with its focus ...
File this under "unforeseen collateral consequences of misdemeanor arrest and conviction #47,543" Collateral consequences are the often overlooked ramifications of being arrested, convicted at trial or by plea, or being found to have committed an act of domestic violence in a long-term protective order hearing where...
Did you see the news about former Speaker of the House Denny Hastert? He was just sentenced to 15 months in prison for his efforts to cover up his sexual abuse of young members of a wrestling team he coached decades ago. This sentence falls...
If you were falsely charged with a crime, is there someone in your life who could drop everything and keep you within their sight or sound twenty-four hours a day seven days a week until your case resolves? Could they do it for 6 months...
The lag time between research and science and legislators and laws can be most easily measured in decades - and that's how it is supposed to be. But for those left in the lurch, that place between generally accepted scientific fact and courtroom reality, it...
Here is an interesting piece from the New York Times - in a nutshell, it explores the plea bargain and what would happen if thousands of people accused of crimes refused to plea out. This topic comes up with great frequency among defense attorneys and...
