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Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction 1.56H
Aggravating Factors - Preface to Findings Forms
PREFACE NOTE TO AGGRAVATING FACTOR FINDINGS FORMS
At present the committee suggests using the phrase Findings Form and Findings, rather than Verdict Form and Verdicts, because the committee is unsure what changes in other court rules about verdicts might need to be made by the Criminal Rules Committee if the term verdict is used. Additionally, the court system’s current electronic case management system, CourtView, is not at present capable of tracking verdicts or findings, or aggravators or mitigators. However, Blakely findings can be entered in the docket, so the committee recommends that these findings be entered in a written form, and be specific as to statutory number and whether determined by court, jury, or stipulation, so that this information is available in the case management system in a readable form, even if it is not capable of being tracked.
The findings form also should specifically state which aggravating factor applies to which count or counts and which defendant if multiple defendants are involved.
History
Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions 1.56H, dated Added 2007. Prepared by the Alaska Criminal Pattern Jury Instructions Committee; published by the Alaska Court System. The Alaska Court System states that these instructions "have not been approved or promulgated by any court or the Alaska Bar Association."
Provenance
- Source
- courts.alaska.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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