(a) Except as provided by Alaska Stat. § 47.12.160(d) and (e) and Alaska Stat. § 47.12.170, an adjudication under this chapter upon the status of a minor

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 47.12.180

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • court: means the superior court of the state. See Alaska Statutes 47.12.990
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • minor: as used in this chapter includes a person described in this section. See Alaska Statutes 47.12.022
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
(1) may not operate to impose any of the civil disabilities ordinarily imposed by conviction upon a criminal charge;
(2) does not operate to permit a minor afterward to be considered a criminal by the adjudication; and
(3) does not operate to permit the adjudication to be afterward considered a conviction, nor may a minor be charged with or convicted of a crime in a court except as provided in this chapter.
(b) The commitment and placement of a minor and evidence given in the court are not admissible as evidence against the minor in a subsequent case or proceedings in any other court, nor does the commitment and placement or evidence operate to disqualify a minor in a future civil service examination or appointment in the state.
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