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...
Alaska Supreme Court Headnotes TRAVIS M. JUDD, APPELLANT V. AMANDA BURNS f/k/a JUDD, APPELLEE It is not an abuse of discretion for a court to hold a brief hearing lasting only two hours, even if the hearing concerns child custody rights. Family law – Child custody Alaska...
Alaska Supreme Court Headnotes CAITLYN E., APPELLANT V. STATE OF ALASKA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES, OFFICE OF CHILDREN’S SERVICES, APPELLEE. The state’s expert witness was properly qualified because her expert testimony was based on cultural knowledge and therefore did not rely on formal...
Alaska Supreme Court Headnotes ESTATE OF JAMES V. SEWARD, DECEASED A scrivener’s error during the preparation of a will does not automatically void that will if it is otherwise valid. Probate law – Wills MATTHEW H., APPELLANT, V. STATE OF ALASKA, DEPARTMENT OF...
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...
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...
Police search warrant based on hearsay information was properly issued because secondary sources of information establishing probable cause had no way of knowing their information would end up with the police, the information they provided went to the availability of drugs and when they provided...
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...
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...
