Alexiadis v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

This case involves an indigent criminal defendant who is receiving the services of court-appointed counsel (4.e., counsel at pub-lie expense), The question before us is whether the defendant must pay attorney's fees under Alaska Appellate Rule 209(b)(6) if their attorney pursues an interlocutory petition for review during the litigation of the case in the trial court, before the trial court has entered a final judgement in the case. For the reasons explained here, we conclude that the answer is no.

Dimitrios Nickolaos Alexiadis was charged with three counts of…