State v. Cameron

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Alaska Criminal Rule 6(p) states that “the grand jury has no duty to hear evidence on the behalf of the defendant, [but] it may do so.” In this case, the defendant notified the prosecutor’s office that he wished to appear before the grand jury and testify to a particular exculpatory version of the episode under consideration. The prosecutor did not apprise the grand jurors of the defendant’s request, and the grand jury subsequently indicted the defendant without hearing the defendant’s testimony.

We must decide whether, under these circumstances, a prosecuting attorney…