ALASKA COURT RULES

$ 250 $ 500 the sole reason amendment. that the legislature has mandated the Sentence Review Merit Appeal or Appeal from Post-Conviction Relief Proceedings Combined Merit Appeal and Sentence Appeal or Petition for Sentence Review Other Appellate Actions (Petition for Review, Petition for Hearing, etc.) 750 1,500 1,000 2,000 500 1,000 (c) Costs. Costs, attorney’s fees, damages, and interest may be allowed as in other cases, but the state shall not be liable for any of them. (SCO 439 effective November 15, 1980; amended by SCO 554 effective April 4, 1983; by SCO 847 effective January 15, 1988; by SCO 1088 effective July 1, 1992; by SCO 1145 effective October 1, 1993; by SCO 1153 effective July 15, 1994; by SCO 1155 effective July 15, 1994; by SCO 1211 effective July 15, 1995; by SCO 1226 effective January 22, 1996; by SCO 1235 effective July 15, 1996; by SCO 1238 effective July 15, 1996; and by SCO 1868 effective April 15, 2016) Dissent to SCO 1088: RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice, with whom COMPTON, Justice, joins, dissenting: I am not persuaded that either existing Criminal Rule 39, or Appellate Rule 209, requires amendment. I think it can be safely predicted that these amendments will have a chilling effect on an indigent defendant’s obtaining the services of appointed counsel as well as on an indigent defendant’s decision whether or not to seek review or to appeal. Note: AS 18.85.170(4) defines “indigent person” for purposes of public defender appointments as “a person who, at the time need is determined, does not have sufficient assets, credit, or other means to provide for payment of an attorney and all other necessary expenses of representation without depriving the party or the party’s dependents of food, clothing, or shelter and who has not disposed of any assets since the commission of the offense with the intent or for the purpose of establishing eligibility for assistance under this chapter.” Note to SCO 1238: Ch. 79 § 1 SLA 1995 amends AS 09 by adding a new chapter related to prisoner litigation against the state. AS 09.19.010 prohibits the court from accepting any filing in an action governed by AS 09.19 until the filing fee required by AS 09.19.010 has been paid. Section 19 of chapter 79 amends Appellate Rule 209(a) to add subparagraph (a)(6) which states that the provisions of paragraph (a) do not apply in a prisoner’s appeal that is governed by AS 09.19. Section 5 of this order is adopted for 16