Alaska Rules of Appellate Procedure

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Rule 214.Disposition of Appeals.

(a) The court may determine that an appeal shall be disposed of by summary order and without formal written opinion. To assist the court in making this determination, the parties may request in writing that an appeal be so decided. The request shall be signed by all parties and may be filed any time after the filing of the notice of appeal.

(b) In a criminal case, a summary order under this rule shall contain, at a minimum, a statement of the issues considered by the appellate court.This statement of issues may be made by reference to a trial court opinion. For purposes of this rule, "criminal case" includes all collateral criminal proceedings listed in AS 22.07.020(a).

(c) Nothing in this rule limits the right of the parties to oral argument pursuant to Rule 213.

(d) Summary decisions under this rule are without precedential effect and may not be cited in the courts of this state.

(SCO 439 effective November 15, 1980)

Note:
There were a number of changes to the court rules made by the Alaska Legislature, but are not included because they did not make the publication deadline.  Some of these changes are significant.   The  Legislative Changes to Rules of Court. should be consulted in order to obtain these changes.
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