Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 12.80.020 (2026)
Indictment, information, and complaint
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Sec. 12.80.020. Indictment, information, and complaint.
No person shall be held to answer for an infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the armed forces in time of war or public danger. Indictment may be waived by the accused. In that case the prosecution shall be by information or complaint in the manner and form set out in the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
No person shall be held to answer for an infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the armed forces in time of war or public danger. Indictment may be waived by the accused. In that case the prosecution shall be by information or complaint in the manner and form set out in the Rules of Criminal Procedure.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 2002–2018 · leading case: State v. Wright, 404 P.3d 166 (Alaska 2017).
State v. Wright, 404 P.3d 166 (Alaska 2017). “7; AS 12.80.020. 45 Alaska R. Crim. P. 3, 7.”
Cameron v. State, 171 P.3d 1154 (Alaska 2007). “"); see also AS 12.80.020; Criminal Rule 7(a) (felony offenses "shall be prosecuted by indictment, unless indictment is waived").”
State v. Superior Court, 40 P.3d 1239 (Alaska Ct. App. 2002). “020(a), the superior court is vested with plenary jurisdiction in all criminal matters and, under AS 12.80.020(a), the court is given broad authority to fashion conditions of release in criminal cases.”
State v. Wright (Alaska 2017). “7; AS 12.80.020. 45 Alaska R. Crim. P. 3, 7.”
Bragg v. State, 435 P.3d 998 (Alaska Ct. App. 2018). “"); AS 12.80.020 ; Alaska R. Crim. P. 7(a) (providing that felony offenses "shall be prosecuted by indictment, unless indictment is waived").”
— Alaska Stat. § 12.80.020(a) — 1 case
State v. Superior Court, 40 P.3d 1239 (Alaska Ct. App. 2002). “020(a), the superior court is vested with plenary jurisdiction in all criminal matters and, under AS 12.80.020(a), the court is given broad authority to fashion conditions of release in criminal cases.”
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