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STONE v. STATE

No. S-13524.

255 P.3d 979 (2011)

David F. STONE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Alaska, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 1, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beth Lewis Trimmer , Assistant Public Advocate, and Rachel Levitt , Acting Director, Office of Public Advocacy, Anchorage, for Petitioner.

Michael Sean McLaughlin , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions & Appeals, Anchorage , and Daniel S. Sullivan , Attorney General, Juneau, for Respondent.

Before: CARPENETI, Chief Justice, FABE, WINFREE, and STOWERS, Justices.

OPINION

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

We granted this petition to consider the narrow question of whether under the Federal Constitution a criminal defendant's court-appointed counsel must, upon the defendant's demand after lawful sentencing pursuant to a plea agreement, file a petition for discretionary sentence review by this court when AS 12.55.120(a) precludes an appeal of right to the court of appeals. We now answer "yes" to that...

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