{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-12.20.060","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 12.20.060","heading":"Discharge of codefendant as bar.","body":"It is an acquittal of the defendant discharged and a bar to another prosecution for the same crime when two or more persons are charged in the same indictment, and the court dismisses the indictment against a defendant\n(1) before that defendant has begun to present a defense and on the application of the prosecuting attorney so that the defendant may be a witness for the state; or\n(2) before the evidence is closed and on the application of another defendant on trial so that the discharged defendant may be a witness for a codefendant, and when, in the opinion of the court, there is not sufficient evidence to require the discharged defendant to present a defense.","path":["Title 12. Code of Criminal Procedure.","Chapter 20. Bars to Actions."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#12.20.060","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:16:46Z","sha256":"43cbbfb7cb2f5af838d744f43bf323d556395e4bbac10f948a2e88ed83b1394d","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-12.20.050","next":"us-ak/as-12.25.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}