Peterson v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Alaska Criminal Rule 11(c)(4) declares that, when a defendant offers to plead guilty or no contest to a sex offense listed in AS 12.63.100, a judge must not accept the plea until the judge has informed the defendant, personally and in writing, of the requirements of Alaska’s sex offender registration act, AS 12.63.010-100. This case involves a defendant who pleaded no contest to a sex offense and was convicted and sentenced based on that plea. In violation of Criminal Rule 11(c)(4), the judge who accepted the defendant’s plea did not warn the defendant about sex…