Stone v. State

OPINION

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

We granted this petition to consider the narrow question of whether under the Federal Constitution a eriminal defendant's court-appointed counsel must, upon the defendant's demand after lawful sentencing pursuant to a plea agreement, file a petition for discretionary sentence review by this court when AS 12.55.120(a) precludes an appeal of right to the court of appeals. We now answer "yes" to that question.

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

David Stone was charged with manslaughter, two counts of assault, and driving under the influence. Because Stone was already…