COOPER v. DISTRICT COURT

No. A-8835.

133 P.3d 692 (2006)

Cynthia COOPER, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT COURT and Daniel R. Cooper Jr., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

April 14, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine J. Hansen, Alaska Office of Victims' Rights, Anchorage, for the Petitioner. Allison E. Mendel, Anchorage, for Respondent Daniel R. Cooper. No appearance for Respondent District Court.

Allen M. Bailey, Anchorage, for (1) the National Crime Victim Law Institute and (2) the Victim Advocacy and Research Group; Christine McLeod Pate, Sitka, for the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault.

John E. McConnaughy III, Deputy Municipal Attorney, and Frederick H. Boness, Municipal Attorney, Anchorage, for the Municipality of Anchorage; Margi A. Mock, Assistant Public Defender, and Barbara K. Brink, Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Alaska Public Defender Agency; Daniel S. Bair, Assistant Public Advocate, and Joshua P. Fink, Public Advocate, Anchorage, for the Alaska Office of Public Advocacy; Nancy R. Simel, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and David W. Márquez, Attorney General, Juneau, for the State of Alaska.

Before: COATS, Chief Judge, MANNHEIMER, Judge, and ANDREWS, Senior Superior Court Judge.


OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

This is an original application for relief brought by the victim of a crime. The application has two distinct parts.

The first part of this original application presents the question of whether a crime victim or, alternatively, the Alaska Office of Victims' Rights acting on behalf of a crime victim, has an independent right to seek appellate review of an alleged error in the sentence imposed on the perpetrator of...

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