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- Alaska Statutes.
- Title 47. Welfare, Social Services and Institutions
- Chapter 12. Delinquent Minors
- Section 110. Hearings.
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AS 47.12.110. Hearings.
- (a) The court shall conduct a hearing on the petition. The court shall give notice of the hearing to the department, and
the department shall send a representative to the hearing. The representative of the department may also be heard at
the hearing. The department shall give notice of the hearing and a copy of the petition to the minor's foster parent,
and the court shall give the foster parent an opportunity to be heard at the hearing. The public shall be excluded from
the hearing, but the court, in its discretion, may permit individuals to attend a hearing if their attendance is
compatible with the best interests of the minor. Nothing in this section may be applied in such a way as to deny a
minor's rights to confront adverse witnesses, to a public trial, and to a trial by jury.
- (b) Notwithstanding (a) of this section or an order prohibiting or limiting the public made under (e) of this section, the
victim of an offense that a minor is alleged to have committed, or the designee of the victim, has a right to be
present at all hearings or proceedings held under this section at which the minor has a right to be present. If the
minor is found to have committed the offense, the victim may at the disposition hearing give sworn testimony or make an
unsworn oral presentation concerning the offense and its effect on the victim. If there are numerous victims of a
minor's offense, the court may limit the number of victims who may give sworn testimony or make an unsworn oral
presentation, but the court may not limit the right of a victim to attend a hearing even if the victim is likely to be
a witness in a hearing concerning the minor's alleged offense.
- (c) [Repealed, Sec. 54 ch 107 SLA 1998].
- (d) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a court hearing on a petition seeking the adjudication of a minor as a delinquent
shall be open to the public, except as prohibited or limited by order of the court, if
- (1) the department files with the court a motion asking the court to open the hearing to the public, and the petition
seeking adjudication of the minor as a delinquent is based on
- (A) the minor's alleged commission of an offense, and the minor has knowingly failed to comply with all the terms and
conditions required of the minor by the department or imposed on the minor in a court order entered under AS 47.12.040
(a)(2) or 47.12.120;
- (B) the minor's alleged commission of
- (i) a crime against a person that is punishable as a felony;
- (ii) a crime in which the minor employed a deadly weapon, as that term is defined in AS 11.81.900
(b), in committing the crime;
- (iii) arson under AS 11.46.400
- 11.46.410;
- (iv) burglary under AS 11.46.300
;
- (v) distribution of child pornography under AS 11.61.125
;
- (vi) promoting prostitution in the first degree under AS 11.66.110
; or
- (vii) misconduct involving a controlled substance under AS 11.71
involving the delivery of a controlled substance or the possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver,
other than an offense under AS 11.71.040
or 11.71.050; or
- (C) the minor's alleged commission of a felony and the minor was 16 years of age or older at the time of commission of the
offense when the minor has previously been convicted or adjudicated a delinquent minor based on the minor's commission
of an offense that is a felony; or
- (2) the minor agrees to a public hearing on the petition seeking adjudication of the minor as a delinquent.
- (e) Notwithstanding (a) of this section, a court proceeding shall be open to the public, except as prohibited or limited
by order of the court, when the district attorney has elected to seek imposition of a dual sentence and a petition has
been filed under AS 47.12.065
, or when a minor agrees as part of a plea agreement to be subject to dual sentencing.
- (f) During jury selection or as part of an opening statement at the hearing, the attorney
representing the department may introduce the victim to the jury, and the attorney for the minor may introduce the minor to
the jury.
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