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Pierce v. State

Citations

  • 261 P.3d 428
  • 2011 Alas. App. LEXIS 72
  • 2011 WL 3305376

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • describing the plain error doctrine allowing for some appellate review despite failure to preserve argument in trial court
  • explaining party must show that court was provided opportunity to respond to objection before seeking to reverse decision on appeal
  • “[A] litigant is not entitled to pursue a claim on appeal unless that claim was presented to the lower court, and unless the lower court issued a ruling on the merits of that claim.”
  • “[A] litigant is not entitled to pursue a claim on appeal unless that claim was presented to the lower court . . . [and] the lower court issued a ruling on the merits of that claim.”

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Judges: Coats, Mannheimer, Bolger

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