Title 12 — Code of Criminal Procedure
26 chapters · 362 sections in this title.
AS 12.75.010 Persons entitled to prosecute writ.
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A person imprisoned or otherwise restrained of liberty under any pretense whatsoever, except in the cases specified in AS 12.75.020, may prosecute a writ of habeas corpus to inquire into the cause of the imprisonment or restraint, and, if illegal, to be released from custody or t…
AS 12.75.020 Persons not entitled to prosecute writ.
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A person properly imprisoned or restrained by virtue of the legal judgment of a competent tribunal of civil or criminal jurisdiction, or by virtue of an execution regularly and lawfully issued upon that judgment or decree shall not be allowed to prosecute the writ.
AS 12.75.030 Offense not bailable.
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When it appears that the cause or offense for which the person prosecuting the writ is imprisoned or restrained is not bailable, the production of the party may be dispensed with and the writ issued accordingly.
AS 12.75.040 Production of body.
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The person on whom a writ is served shall bring the body of the person in custody or under restraint, according to the command of the writ, except in the cases provided in AS 12.75.050.
AS 12.75.050 Hearing without production of person.
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When, from the sickness or infirmity of the person directed to be produced, that person cannot without danger be brought before the court, the person in whose custody or power that person is may state that fact in the return to the writ. If the court is satisfied of the truth of …
AS 12.75.060 Proceedings on disobedience of writ.
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If the person upon whom the writ is served refuses or neglects to obey it within the time required, and no sufficient excuse is shown, it is the duty of the court before whom the writ is returnable, upon due proof of service, to immediately issue a warrant against that person, di…
AS 12.75.070 Precept to peace officer.
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A court that issues a writ without requiring the production of the person or that issues a warrant may also, at any time before final decision, issue a precept to the peace officer to whom the writ or warrant is directed commanding the officer to immediately bring the person for …
AS 12.75.080 Discharge of party.
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If no legal cause is shown for the imprisonment or restraint, or for its continuation, the court shall discharge the party from the custody or restraint under which the party is held or grant any other appropriate remedy.
AS 12.75.090 Remand of party legally detained.
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The court shall remand the party if it appears that the party is legally detained in custody.
AS 12.75.100 Remedy of person in custody by virtue of civil process.
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If it appears on the return of the writ that the prisoner is in custody by virtue of an order or civil process of a court legally constituted, or issued by an officer in the course of judicial proceedings before the officer, authorized by law, the prisoner shall be discharged or …
AS 12.75.110 Limitation on scope of court's inquiry.
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No court or judge, on the return of a writ of habeas corpus, may inquire into the legality or justice of any order, judgment, or process specified in AS 12.75.020 or into the justice, propriety, or legality of a commitment for a contempt made by a court, officer, or body, accordi…
AS 12.75.120 Proceedings where commitment irregular.
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If it appears by the testimony offered with the return, or upon the hearing that the party is probably guilty of a criminal offense, the court, although the commitment is irregular, shall immediately remand the party to the custody of the proper person.
AS 12.75.130 Custody of party pending judgment.
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Until judgment is given upon the return, the party may either be committed to the custody of a peace officer or placed in the officer's care or under such custody as the party's age or circumstances require.
AS 12.75.140 Admission to bail.
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A person prosecuting a writ of habeas corpus may, at any time after the writ is allowed, be admitted to bail by the court allowing the writ, or by another judge or magistrate designated by that court or judge, pending the hearing upon the writ and the final order of the court and…
AS 12.75.150 Effect of admitting to bail.
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The admitting to bail of a person prosecuting a writ of habeas corpus does not in any manner affect the writ or other proceedings or the full right of that person to have the cause and legality of the person's imprisonment inquired into and determined both in the trial court and …
AS 12.75.160 Enforcing judgment of discharge.
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Obedience to a judgment for the discharge of a person imprisoned or restrained, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, may be enforced by the court by proceedings for a contempt. A peace officer or other person is not liable to an action or proceeding for obeying the judgmen…
AS 12.75.170 Discharge as bar to subsequent restraint.
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No person who has been discharged by the order of a court upon habeas corpus shall again be imprisoned, restrained, or kept in custody for the same cause except in the following cases: (1) if the party has been discharged from a commitment on a criminal charge and is afterwards c…
AS 12.75.180 Grounds for warrant in lieu of writ.
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When it appears to a court authorized to issue the writ of habeas corpus that a person is illegally imprisoned or restrained, and that there is good reason to believe that the person will be carried out of the state or suffer some irreparable injury before the person can be relie…
AS 12.75.190 Warrant may include command for arrest of defendant.
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When the proof mentioned in AS 12.75.180 is also sufficient to justify the arrest of the person having the party in custody, as for a criminal offense, committed in the taking or detaining of the party, the warrant may also contain an order for the arrest of the person for that o…
AS 12.75.200 Warrant in lieu of writ.
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The peace officer to whom the warrant is directed shall execute it by bringing the party named and the person who detains the party, if so commanded by the warrant, before the judge issuing the warrant. The person detaining the party shall make a return to the warrant as in the c…
AS 12.75.210 Proceedings as to person having party in custody.
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If the person having the party in custody is brought before the court as for a criminal offense, the person shall be examined, committed, bailed, or discharged by the court in like manner as in other criminal cases of the same nature.
AS 12.75.220 Penalty for refusing to deliver copy of or obey authority to detain party.
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If a peace officer or other person refuses to deliver a copy of an order, warrant, process, or other authority by which the officer or other person detains a person to anyone who demands a copy and tenders the fees therefor, the officer or other person shall forfeit and pay to th…
AS 12.75.230 Appeal.
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A party to a proceeding by habeas corpus may appeal from the judgment of the court refusing to allow the writ or a final judgment therein in like manner and with like effect as in an action. No question once finally determined upon a proceeding by habeas corpus shall be re-examin…