MATTER OF K.B.

Supreme Court No. S-18572.

551 P.3d 1141 (2024)

In the MATTER OF the Necessity for the Hospitalization of K.B.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

July 12, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Megan R. Webb, Assistant Public Defender, and Samantha Cherot, Public Defender, Anchorage, for K.B.

Laura Wolff, Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Treg Taylor, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee State of Alaska.

Before: Maassen, Chief Justice, and Borghesan, Henderson, and Pate, Justices. [Carney, Justice, not participating.]


OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

A respondent in an involuntary mental health commitment proceeding repeatedly expressed dissatisfaction with his assigned attorney, primarily over the issue of whether there would be a bench trial or a jury trial. Each time, the attorney...

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