Alexander v. State

BOOCHEVER, Chief Justice.

I dissent from the portion of the opinion which concludes that the trial court did not err in failing to give a cautionary instruction.

Before December, 1975, Rule 30(b)(2), Alaska R.Crim.P., required the court, whether or not requested to do so, to give an instruction on all proper occasions that the oral admissions of a party ought to be viewed with caution. The mandatory nature of this instruction was eliminated by the amended Criminal Rule 30(b), which now reads:(b) Instructions to Be Given. The court shall instruct the jury on all matters of law which it considers…