STATE v. SUPERIOR COURT, THIRD JUD. DIST.

No. A-1574.

743 P.2d 381 (1987)

STATE of Alaska, Appellant, v. SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF ALASKA, THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, Appellee. R.A.F., A MINOR, REAL PARTY IN INTEREST.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

October 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia M. Hora, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, Ronald W. Lorensen, Acting Atty. Gen., and Grace Berg Schaible, Atty. Gen., Juneau. Wm. Grant Callow, Anchorage, for R.A.F., a minor, real party in interest.

Before BRYNER, C.J., and COATS and SINGLETON, JJ.


OPINION

COATS, Judge.

District Court Judge David C. Stewart assessed attorney's fees against the state for negligently causing a mistrial in a juvenile proceeding. The state appeals, arguing that Judge Stewart had no authority to require the state to pay attorney's fees as a sanction in a juvenile case.

The State of Alaska filed a petition under AS 47.10.010(a)(1) to have R.A.F. adjudicated a delinquent based upon a charge that he had attempted to...

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