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   State Courts - Alaska - March 18, 2009

  
Andreasyan v. State, Court of Appeals No. A-9993, No. 5452, COURT OF APPEALS OF ALASKA, March 18, 2009, Decided
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Overview: Superior court's factual finding that appellant's attorney adequately informed appellant of the immigration consequences of pleading guilty to second degree robbery was not clearly erroneous. Therefore, superior court's conclusion that appellant failed to show that his attorney provided him with ineffective assistance of counsel was affirmed.

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Avery v. State, Court of Appeals No. A-9959, No. 5449, COURT OF APPEALS OF ALASKA, March 18, 2009, Decided
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Overview: A composite sentence of 51 years for defendant's crimes including two counts of sexual assault in the first degree, under Alaska Stat. ? 11.41.410(a)(1), was not excessive even though it was longer than the maximum sentence, under former Alaska Stat. ? 12.55.125(i)(1), because the judge made findings on the necessity of a lengthy jail sentence.

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Brockman v. State, Court of Appeals No. A-9900, No. 5453, COURT OF APPEALS OF ALASKA, March 18, 2009, Decided
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Overview: The jury instructions adequately conveyed to the jurors that a conviction for vehicle theft in the first degree, under Alaska Stat. ? 11.46.360(a)(1), required a fraudulent initial taking, and defendant failed to show prejudice because fraudulent intent was evident by his actions of taking a truck for a test drive and returning it nine days later.

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Denardo v. Municipality of Anchorage, Court of Appeals No. A-10118, No. 5450, COURT OF APPEALS OF ALASKA, March 18, 2009, Decided
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Heisey v. State, No. 5451, COURT OF APPEALS OF ALASKA, March 18, 2009, Decided
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Overview: Sufficient evidence supported defendant's convictions for assault in the third and second degrees, under Alaska Stat. ?? 11.41.220(a)(1)(B), 11.41.210(a)(2), because defendant recklessly caused physical injury to a victim, pursuant to Alaska Stat. ? 11.81.900(b)(56), by hitting the victim with a frying pan and causing a skull fracture.

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Patterson v. State, Court of Appeals No. A-10029, No. 5454, COURT OF APPEALS OF ALASKA, March 18, 2009, Decided
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Overview: Defendant's composite sentence of 60 years and 6 months with 25 years suspended was not clearly mistaken because he had an extensive jcriminal record and because his conduct of firing bullets into a vehicle was done with an intent to kill, in violation of Alaska Stat. ?? 11.41.100(a)(1)(A), 11.31.100, 11.41.200(a)(2), 11.41.220(a)(1)(A).

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Shageluk Ira Council v. Office of Children's Servs., Supreme Court No. S-13172, No. 1336, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, March 18, 2009, Decided
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Overview: In child-in-need-of-aid proceedings, a superior court did not err by denying a tribe's motion to transfer jurisdiction under 25 U.S.C.S. ? 1911(b); there was no merit to the argument that the superior court found that a tribal court was incompetent, and superior court did not weigh the best interest of the children in deciding the transfer issue.

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