Legal Opinion
Griffin v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided February 9, 2001No. A-7291PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REVISED OPINION
COATS, Chief Judge.
Every person convicted of a crime in Alaska has the right to apply for post-conviction relief. 1 If the person is indigent, the person is entitled to court-appointed counsel to help investigate and litigate the post-conviction relief application. 2 But the Alaska Legislature enacted Criminal Rule 35.1(e)(@2) to curb the litigation of frivolous post-conviction relief applications at public expense.
Under Rule 85.1(e)(2), an attorney who is appointed to represent an indigent petitioner for post-conviction relief has sixty days to do one of three things: (1)…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Pennsylvania v. FinleySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Smith v. RobbinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- McCoy v. Court of Appeals of Wisconsin, District 1Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by20 opinions
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