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Alaska Stat. § 12.55.110 (2026)

Notice and grounds for revocation of suspension

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Sec. 12.55.110. Notice and grounds for revocation of suspension.
 (a) When sentence has been suspended, it may not be revoked except for good cause shown. In all proceedings for the revocation of a suspended sentence, the defendant is entitled to reasonable notice and the right to be represented by counsel.

 (b) Good cause justifying the revocation of a suspended sentence is established if the defendant has violated an order of the court to participate in or comply with the treatment plan of a rehabilitation program under AS 12.55.015(a)(10).

 (c) [Repealed, § 138 ch 4 FSSLA 2019.]
 (d) [Repealed, § 138 ch 4 FSSLA 2019.]
 (e) [Repealed, § 138 ch 4 FSSLA 2019.]
 (f) [Repealed, § 138 ch 4 FSSLA 2019.]
 (g) [Repealed, § 138 ch 4 FSSLA 2019.]
 (h) [Repealed, § 138 ch 4 FSSLA 2019.]




Notes of Decisions
Cited in 24 cases, 1965–2020 · leading case: Medina v. State, 418 P.3d 861 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018).
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Medina v. State, 418 P.3d 861 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018). · cites it 4× “In any event, we interpret this language as simply clarifying that a defendant is entitled to jail credit for the (often short) terms of incarceration specified in AS 12.55.110, even if the defendant has already completely served this term prior to the actual imposition of…”
Sprague v. State, 590 P.2d 410 (Alaska 1979). · cites it 4× “Sprague argues that conditioning his probation on 10 day periods of incarceration in the discretion of the probation officer results in revocation of probation without due process of law, specifically the right to a hearing with reasonable notice and the right to counsel under…”
Hoffman v. State, 404 P.2d 644 (Alaska 1965). · cites it 6× “2 AS 12.55.110 governs revocation of probation proceedings.”
State v. Simile, 440 P.3d 306 (Alaska Ct. App. 2019). · cites it 8× “The State of Alaska has petitioned us to clarify the provisions of newly amended AS 12.55.110 -the statute that governs a court's sentencing authority over defendants who receive a wholly or partially suspended sentence and are placed on probation, if the court later finds that…”
Holton v. State, 602 P.2d 1228 (Alaska 1979). · cites it 2× “revoke and terminate the probation, if the interests of justice require, and if the court, in its judgment, has reason to believe that the person placed upon probation is violating the conditions of his probation, or engaging in criminal practices, or has become abandoned to…”
Alex v. State, 484 P.2d 677 (Alaska 1971). · cites it 3× “We based our decision upon a statutory interpretation of AS 12.55.110. 18 What we did there was to refuse to sanction discrimination between indigents and others in the application of the rights to counsel granted by AS 12.”
Martin v. State, 517 P.2d 1389 (Alaska 1974). · cites it 3× “2d 644 (Alaska 1965), required the appointment of counsel to indigent probationers in a revocation hearing, that decision rested on a statutory interpretation of AS 12.55.110 28 consistent with the equal protection clauses of both the Federal and Alaska Constitutions.”
Benboe v. State, 738 P.2d 356 (Alaska Ct. App. 1987). · cites it 4× “Although AS 12.55.110 broadly provides that a suspended sentence "shall not be revoked except for good cause shown,” in Holton , the supreme court squarely decided that this provision does not authorize revocation based on a generalized finding of "good cause.”
State of Alaska v. Falealo Manuele Pulusila, 467 P.3d 211 (Alaska 2020). · cites it 3× “18 AS 12.55.110(a). 19 Alaska Const. art. I, § 12.”
Betzner v. State, 768 P.2d 1150 (Alaska Ct. App. 1989). · cites it 3× “He ruled that Betzner's breach of the plea agreement constituted "good cause" under AS 12.55.110 to revoke Betzner's probation.”
Nichols v. State, 425 P.2d 247 (Alaska 1967). · cites it 3× “To construe AS 12.55.110 as embodying an intended dichotomy between probationers unable to afford counsel and others would, in our opinion, render the statute repugnant to the Equal Protection Clauses of both the Federal and Alaska Constitutions.”
State v. DeVoe, 560 P.2d 12 (Alaska 1977). · cites it 2× “In all proceedings for the revocation of a suspended sentence, the defendant is entitled to reasonable notice and the right to be represented by counsel.”
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— Alaska Stat. § 12.55.110(a) — 4 cases
State of Alaska v. Falealo Manuele Pulusila, 467 P.3d 211 (Alaska 2020). “18 AS 12.55.110(a). 19 Alaska Const. art. I, § 12.”
Pulusila v. State, 425 P.3d 175 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018).
Nicholas Dale James Johnson v. State of Alaska, Nicholas Dale James Johnson v. State of Alaska, 477 P.3d 665 (Alaska Ct. App. 2020).
Charles Jr. v. State, 436 P.3d 1084 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018).
— Alaska Stat. § 12.55.110(c) — 1 case
Medina v. State, 418 P.3d 861 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018). “In any event, we interpret this language as simply clarifying that a defendant is entitled to jail credit for the (often short) terms of incarceration specified in AS 12.55.110, even if the defendant has already completely served this term prior to the actual imposition of…”
— Alaska Stat. § 12.55.110(c)(4) — 1 case
State v. Simile, 440 P.3d 306 (Alaska Ct. App. 2019). “The State of Alaska has petitioned us to clarify the provisions of newly amended AS 12.55.110 -the statute that governs a court's sentencing authority over defendants who receive a wholly or partially suspended sentence and are placed on probation, if the court later finds that…”
— Alaska Stat. § 12.55.110(d) — 1 case
State v. Simile, 440 P.3d 306 (Alaska Ct. App. 2019). “The State of Alaska has petitioned us to clarify the provisions of newly amended AS 12.55.110 -the statute that governs a court's sentencing authority over defendants who receive a wholly or partially suspended sentence and are placed on probation, if the court later finds that…”
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