(a) Subject to the privileges recognized by court rule and statute of this state, the victims’ advocate may compel by subpoena, at a specified time and place, the

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Terms Used In Alaska Statutes 24.65.130

  • action: includes any matter or proceeding in a court, civil or criminal. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Law clerk: Assist judges with research and drafting of opinions.
  • person: includes a corporation, company, partnership, firm, association, organization, business trust, or society, as well as a natural person. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • state: means the State of Alaska unless applied to the different parts of the United States and in the latter case it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Alaska Statutes 01.10.060
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
(1) appearance and sworn testimony of a person who the victims’ advocate reasonably believes may be able to give information relating to a matter under investigation under Alaska Stat. § 24.65.120; and
(2) production by a person of a record or object that the victims’ advocate reasonably believes may relate to the matter under investigation under Alaska Stat. § 24.65.120.
(b) If a person refuses to comply with a subpoena issued under (a) of this section, the superior court may, on application of the victims’ advocate, compel obedience by proceedings for contempt in the same manner as in the case of disobedience to the requirements of a subpoena issued by the court or refusal to testify in the court.
(c) This section does not authorize the victims’ advocate to issue a subpoena to

(1) a justice, judge, magistrate, or a law clerk acting under the direction of a justice, judge, or magistrate, concerning a judicial action or nonaction taken by, or under the direction of, the justice, judge, or magistrate;
(2) a person acting under the direction of a justice, judge, or magistrate, other than a law clerk, concerning a judicial action or nonaction taken by, or under the direction of, a justice, judge, or magistrate except to establish the occurrence or nonoccurrence of the action or nonaction or the person’s own actions or nonactions; this paragraph does not authorize the victims’ advocate to inquire into the decision-making or thought process of the justice, judge, or magistrate;
(3) a member of a jury concerning a matter that was considered by the jury;
(4) the person accused or convicted of committing the crime that is the basis for the complaint, and investigation under Alaska Stat. § 24.65.120, concerning a denial of rights or an attorney retained by the person or appointed by a court to represent the person;
(5) a victim counselor concerning a matter made confidential by Alaska Stat. § 18.66.200 – 18.66.250; or
(6) a justice agency concerning records that lead to the disclosure of a confidential police informant.
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