Alaska Notice to Absent Defendant

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AK-CIV-101
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Certificate of Compliance with Victims Rights Act of 1991, is an official form from the Alaska Court System, which complies with all applicable laws and statutes. USLF amends and updates the forms as is required by Alaska statutes and law.

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Typically, the prosecutor will not just give up when the alleged victim doesn't want show up for court. The prosecutor will try to get him or her to show up and testify.

The accused has been already arraigned. He has been duly notified of the trial. He fails to appear at the trial but his non-appearance at the trial is unjustifiable.

Rule 43 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure deals with the presence of the defendant during the proceedings against him. It presently permits a defendant to be tried in absentia only in non-capital cases where the defendant has voluntarily absented himself after the trial has begun.

A. Accused: formally charged but not yet tried for committing a crime; the person who has been charged may also be called the defendant. Acquittal: a judgment of court, based on the decision of either a jury or a judge, that a person accused is not guilty of the crime for which he has been tried.

If the Plaintiff does not show up for the trial and the Defendant does appear, if the Defendant asks, the Court may dismiss the case without prejudice.If the Plaintiff does refile the case and again fails to appear at trial, the Small Claims Rules say the Court may dismiss with case with prejudice.

Conviction in a trial in which a defendant is not present to answer the charges is held to be a violation of natural justice. Specifically, it violates the second principle of natural justice, audi alteram partem (hear the other party).

Summary in 50 Words or Less: Waiving defendant's appearance at trial must be by stipulation and the prosecutor, unless he or she is inexperienced, may refuse. However, one should try, especially if the identity of defendant is an issue or defendant's appearance suggests membership in a gang, being a drug addict, etc.

Suffice it to state that the requisites of a valid trial in absentia, viz, (1) the accused has already been arraigned, (2) he has been duly notified of the trial, and (3) his failure to appear is unjustifiable, are, as reflected above, present in the case.

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Alaska Notice to Absent Defendant