Alaska, April, 2006, State Case law

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State Courts - Alaska - April 14, 2006

Bryant v. State, Court of Appeals No. A-8375, No. 2044, COURT OF APPEALS OF ALASKA, April 14, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Appellate court affirmed a denial of defendant's motion for a new trial because defendant could not establish that his trial counsel was ineffective as defendant did not establish that he was prejudiced by his attorney's failure to call a witness or offer defendant's Navy SEAL certificate into evidence.

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Cooper v. Dist. Court, Court of Appeals No. A-8835, No. 2043, COURT OF APPEALS OF ALASKA, April 14, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Alaska Const. art. I, ? 24 and Victims' Rights Act, Alaska Stat. ? 12.61, did not give the crime victim or the Office of Victims' Rights the right to intervene in criminal case; thus, they did not have standing to appeal the victim's husband's sentence for assaulting her; and victim waived any claim of error as to psychotherapist-patient privilege.

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Davis v. State, Court of Appeals No. A-8416, No. 2042, COURT OF APPEALS OF ALASKA, April 14, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Defendant's speedy trial rights under Alaska R. Crim. P. 45 were not violated in a case where a motion to suppress was filed because he was not permitted to challenge on the basis that the motion should have been filed earlier; moreover, he was bound by his attorney's actions in a change of plea hearing.

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In re Adoption of Missy M., Supreme Court No. S-11898, No. 6001, SUPREME COURT OF ALASKA, April 14, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Adoptions were vacated because a trial court used the improper test to determine that the Alaska Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Children's Services was unreasonable in withholding consent under Alaska Stat. ? 25.23.050(a)(8); the applicants were required to prove that it was clearly detrimental to the child to deny the adoption.

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