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- Title: Robert James Bostic v. State Alaska
- Author : Supreme Court of Alaska
- Release Date : January 25, 1991
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 69 KB
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The court of appeals held that because Robert James Bostic had not shown that his defense was prejudiced by the states failure to disclose the identity of a key prosecution witness until after trial had begun, his only remedy was a continuance. On Bostics petition we reverse and hold that the party violating Alaska Criminal Rule 16(b)(1)(i) has the burden of showing that the non-offending party has not been prejudiced in the manner he specifically claims. If this burden is not met in regard to a violation of the Rule which surfaces during trial, and the party violating the Rule deems the evidence too important to proceed without it, the proper remedy is a mistrial.