Upon petition by the state medical examiner or a state prosecutor, a judicial officer shall conduct proceedings under AS 09.55.062 – 09.55.069 to determine the cause and manner of a person’s death. The prosecutor shall present the evidence in the death inquest and assist the court in instructing the jury and conducting the inquest only […]
(a) When a death inquest is to be held under AS 09.55.062 – 09.55.069, the judicial officer shall promptly summon six persons qualified by law to serve as jurors to appear before the court. (b) When six jurors attend as required under (a) of this section, they shall be sworn by the court to (1) […]
The judicial officer or a prosecuting attorney may, when necessary to determine the material facts relating to the death, subpoena and examine witnesses for a proceeding under AS 09.55.062 – 09.55.069.
After hearing the testimony, the jury or two thirds of its number shall give its written verdict, signed and setting out (1) the name of the deceased and when, where, and by what means the deceased died; and (2) whether the deceased was killed or the death was occasioned by the act of another by […]
The members of the jury and witnesses in an inquest under AS 09.55.062 – 09.55.069 are entitled to the same compensation as in civil actions in a district court, and the compensation and other incidental expenses shall be audited and allowed as in the case of other similar expenses.
