Alaska Statutes
Alaska Stat. § 22.10.050 (2026)
General powers and sessions
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Sec. 22.10.050. General powers and sessions.
The superior court shall always be open, except on judicial holidays as determined by rule of the supreme court. Injunctions, writs of prohibition, mandamus, and habeas corpus may be issued and served on holidays and nonjudicial days. The superior court is a court of record and is vested with all power and authority necessary to carry into complete execution all its judgments, decrees, and determinations in all matters within its jurisdiction according to the constitution, the laws of the state, and the common law. The superior court shall hold regular sessions in each district at the times and places as may be designated by rule or order of the supreme court.
The superior court shall always be open, except on judicial holidays as determined by rule of the supreme court. Injunctions, writs of prohibition, mandamus, and habeas corpus may be issued and served on holidays and nonjudicial days. The superior court is a court of record and is vested with all power and authority necessary to carry into complete execution all its judgments, decrees, and determinations in all matters within its jurisdiction according to the constitution, the laws of the state, and the common law. The superior court shall hold regular sessions in each district at the times and places as may be designated by rule or order of the supreme court.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5
cases, 1978–2008 · leading case: Div. of Elections of State v. Johnstone, 669 P.2d 537 (Alaska 1983).
Div. of Elections of State v. Johnstone, 669 P.2d 537 (Alaska 1983). “As a result of Johnstone's late filing, the judicial council was unable to perform the evaluation of him required by AS 22.10.050. The council was also unable to provide the voters with any information in the election pamphlet about Johnstone, or make a recommendation as to…”
Walker v. State, 578 P.2d 1388 (Alaska 1978). “A person who commits the crime of larceny in a dwelling house, banking house, office, store, shop, or warehouse, or in a ship, steamboat, or other vessel, or who breaks and enters in the night or daytime a church, courthouse, meeting house, town house, college, academy, or other…”
Pomeroy v. Rizzo Ex Rel. C.R., 182 P.3d 1125 (Alaska 2008). “AS 22.10.050. 42 . Id. 43 . We have reviewed Pomeroy's claims that his constitutional rights were violated.”
Jackson v. State, 926 P.2d 1180 (Alaska Ct. App. 1996). “070 were construed to deny the superior court this power, it would be inconsistent with AS 22.10.050, which grants the superior court “all power and authority necessary to carry into complete execution all its judgments, decrees, and determinations in all matters .”
Land v. Mun. of Anchorage, 640 P.2d 164 (Alaska Ct. App. 1982). “In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall have the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of twelve, except that the legislature may provide for a jury of not more than twelve nor less than six in courts not of record.”
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