Title 12 — Code of Criminal Procedure
26 chapters · 362 sections in this title.
AS 12.40.010 Qualifications and manner of drawing grand jurors.
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Grand jurors shall have the qualifications and be drawn as are trial jurors under AS 09.20.010 — 09.20.080.
AS 12.40.020 Number of jurors.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
AS 12.40.030 Duty of inquiry into crimes and general powers.
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The grand jury shall inquire into all crimes committed or triable within the jurisdiction of the court and present them to the court. The grand jury shall have the power to investigate and make recommendations concerning the public welfare or safety.
AS 12.40.040 Juror to disclose knowledge of crime.
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If an individual grand juror knows or has reason to believe that a crime has been committed that is triable by the court, the juror shall disclose it to the other jurors, who shall investigate it.
AS 12.40.050 Holding to answer as affecting indictment or presentment.
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The grand jury may indict or present a person for a crime upon sufficient evidence, whether that person has been held to answer for the crime or not.
AS 12.40.060 Access to public jails, prisons, and public records.
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The grand jury is entitled to access, at all reasonable times, to the public jails and prisons, to offices pertaining to the courts of justice in the state, and to all other public offices, and to the examination of all public records in the state.
AS 12.40.070 Duty of prosecuting attorney.
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The prosecuting attorney (1) shall submit an indictment to the grand jury and cause the evidence in support of the indictment to be brought before them in every case when a person is held to answer a criminal charge in the court where the jury is formed; (2) may submit an indictm…
AS 12.40.080 Effect of failure to return indictment.
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When a grand jury does not return an indictment, the charge is dismissed, and it may not be again submitted to or inquired into by the grand jury unless the court so orders.
AS 12.40.090 Questioning juror for conduct.
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A grand juror cannot be questioned for anything the juror may say or any vote the juror may give while acting as a grand juror, in relation to any matter legally pending before the grand jury, except for a perjury of which the juror may have been guilty in giving testimony before…
AS 12.40.100 Contents of indictment.
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(a) The indictment must be direct and certain as it regards (1) the party charged; (2) the crime charged; and (3) the particular circumstances of the crime charged when they are necessary to constitute a complete crime. (b) The statement of the facts constituting the offense must…
AS 12.40.110 Hearsay evidence in prosecutions for sexual offenses.
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[Repealed or reserved.]