State v. Murtagh
Alaska Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION MATTHEWS, Justice.
MATTHEWS, Justice.
The question in this case is whether certain provisions of the Alaska Victims' Rights Act are unconstitutional. We conclude that they are because they interfere with criminal defense investigations without adequate justification.
I. PROCEEDINGS
This case was initiated by criminal defense attorneys John Murtagh, James McComas, Cynthia Strout, and Sidney Billingslea and defense investigator Harry Taylor (collectively referred to in this opinion as Murtagh), on behalf of themselves and their present and future clients. They challenged certain provisions…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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