(a) The commissioner, by regulation and after consultation with the board and affected agencies, may designate which criminal justice agencies are responsible for reporting the events described in (b) of this section. An agency designated under this subsection shall report the events described in (b) of this section to the department, at the time, in the manner, and in the form specified by the department.

Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 12.62.120

  • Acquittal:
    1. Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
    2. A verdict of "not guilty."
     
  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Extradition: The formal process of delivering an accused or convicted person from authorities in one state to authorities in another state.
  • Grand jury: agreement providing that a lender will delay exercising its rights (in the case of a mortgage,
  • Indictment: The formal charge issued by a grand jury stating that there is enough evidence that the defendant committed the crime to justify having a trial; it is used primarily for felonies.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(b) An agency designated under (a) of this section shall report the following events to the department if they occur in connection with an arrestable offense:

(1) the issuance, receipt, withdrawal, quashing, or execution of a judicial arrest warrant, a governor’s warrant of arrest for extradition, or a parole arrest warrant;
(2) an arrest, with or without a warrant, or an escape after arrest;
(3) the release of a person after arrest without charges being filed;
(4) the admittance to, release or escape from, or unlawful evasion of, official detention in a correctional facility, either pretrial or post-trial;
(5) a decision by a prosecutor or a grand jury not to commence criminal proceedings, to defer or indefinitely postpone prosecution, or to decline to prosecute charges;
(6) the filing of a charging document, including an indictment, criminal complaint, criminal information, or a petition or other document showing a violation of bail, probation, or parole, or the amendment of a charging document;
(7) an acquittal, dismissal, conviction, or other disposition of charges set out in a charging document described in (6) of this subsection;
(8) the imposition of a sentence or the granting of a suspended imposition of sentence under Alaska Stat. § 12.55.085;
(9) the commencement or expiration of parole or probation supervision and the conditions of that parole or probation supervision;
(10) the commitment to or release from a facility, designated by the Department of Family and Community Services, of a person who was previously accused of a crime but who has been found to be incompetent to stand trial or found not criminally responsible;
(11) the filing of an action in an appellate court or a federal court relating to a conviction or sentence;
(12) a judgment of a court that reverses, remands, vacates, or reinstates a criminal charge, conviction, or sentence;
(13) a pardon, reprieve, executive clemency, commutation of sentence, or other change in the length or terms of a sentence by executive or judicial action;
(14) the release of a person on bail and the conditions of that release; and
(15) any other event required to be reported under regulations adopted under this chapter.
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