IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

                       ORDER NO.    1343   

                                   Amending Criminal Rule 11(c)
                                   and Criminal Rule 32(c) to
                                   reflect changes made by
                                   chapter 106 SLA 1998.

IT IS ORDERED:

     1.   Paragraph (c) of Criminal Rule 11 is amended to read:


               (c)  Pleas of Guilty or Nolo Contendere.
          The court shall not accept a plea of guilty or
          nolo contendere from a defendant without first
          addressing the defendant personally and

               (1)  determining that the defendant
          understands the nature of the charge; and

               (2)  informing the defendant that by a
          plea of guilty or nolo contendere the
          defendant waives the right to trial by jury or
          trial by a judge and the right to confront
          adverse witnesses; and

               (3)  informing the defendant:

               (i)  of the mandatory minimum punishment,
          if any, and the maximum possible punishment
          provided by the statute defining the offense
          to which the plea is offered, and
          
               (ii) that the defendant has the right to
          plead not guilty or to persist in that plea if
          it has already been made, or to plead guilty;
          and
          
               (4)  if the defendant is charged with a
          sex offense as defined in AS 12.63.100 or
          child kidnapping as defined in AS 12.63.100,
          informing the defendant in writing of the
          requirements of AS 12.63.010 and, if it can be
          determined by the court, the period of
          registration required under AS 12.63. 
          
               (5)  in cases when a plea agreement has
          been accepted by a court, informing the
          defendant:
          
               (i)  that the defendant waives the right
          to appeal a sentence as excessive and waives
          the right to seek reduction of a sentence
          under Criminal Rule 35 if a plea agreement
          between the defendant and the prosecuting
          attorney provides for a specific sentence or a
          sentence equal to or less than a specified
          maximum; and
          
               (ii) that the defendant waives the right
          to appeal as excessive that portion of a
          sentence that is less than or equal to a
          minimum sentence specified in a plea agreement
          between the defendant and the prosecuting
          attorney and waives the right to seek
          reduction of a sentence under Criminal Rule 35
          to a length less than the length of the
          minimum sentence.

     2.   Paragraph (c) of Criminal Rule 32 is amended to read:

               (c)  Judgment for Sex Offenses or Child
          Kidnapping. When a defendant is convicted of a
          sex offense defined in AS 12.63.100 or child
          kidnapping as defined in AS 12.63.100, the
          written judgment must set out the requirements
          of AS 12.63.010 and, if it can be determined
          by the court, the period of registration
          required under AS 12.63.


DATED:         August 13, 1998     

EFFECTIVE DATE:   January 1, 1999  



                                   ______________________________
                                   Chief Justice Matthews


                                   ______________________________
                                   Justice Compton


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                                   Justice Eastaugh


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                                   Justice Fabe
     

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                                   Justice Bryner