State v. Mekiana

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that defendants who have been granted suspended imposition of sentences and successfully complete their probationary terms are entitled to have their convictions set aside absent a showing of good cause by the State
• recognizing set-aside convictions as a way of encouraging defendants “to meet the conditions of their probation” and show that they have “reformed,” rewarding them “with a clean record”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Doe v. State, Department of Public Safety
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2004-06-11· cited 36×
• Journey v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1995-05-12· cited 25×
• Gundersen v. Municipality of Anchorage
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1988-09-30· cited 17×
• Wickham v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1989-02-10· cited 16×
• Wickham v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1993-01-08· cited 6×
• Hansen v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1992-01-24· cited 3×
• Hanson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2009-07-10
• Opinion No.
  Arkansas Attorney General Reports· 1996-10-07
• Starkey v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 2016-10-28
• Kelley Maves v. State of Alaska, Department of Public Safety
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2021-01-22

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jackson v. Denno
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 6,121×
• Gagnon v. Scarpelli
  Supreme Court· 1973-05-14· cited 5,755×
• United States v. Tucker
  Supreme Court· 1972-01-11· cited 2,508×
• Black v. Romano
  Supreme Court· 1985-07-01· cited 620×
• Tuten v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1983-03-30· cited 94×
• Larson v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1984-09-14· cited 44×
• Mekiana v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1985-10-11· cited 10×
• Rich v. State
  Court of Appeals of Alaska· 1982-02-11· cited 8×