{"content":[{"text":"IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALASKA \n SPECIAL ORDER OF THE CHIEF JUSTICE \n ORDER NO. 8234","bbox":{"left":0.13684,"top":0.116894,"width":0.7419300000000001,"height":0.104517}},{"text":"Update regarding COVID-19 and Grand Jury Proceedings","bbox":{"left":0.396142,"top":0.285752,"width":0.491364,"height":0.021494000000000013}},{"text":"On November 13, 2020, Chief Justice Order No. 8210 suspended in-person grand \n jury proceedings due to rising COVID-19 case counts and other health concerns. Since \n that time, case counts in many regions have decreased. In recent orders the presiding \n judge of the First Judicial District has concluded that these improving case counts \n constitute exceptional circumstances that justify resuming in-person grand jury \n proceedings in that district. This statewide order allows in-person grand jury proceedings \n to resume across the state subject to a presiding judge's authority to limit or suspend \n proceedings when required.","bbox":{"left":0.125,"top":0.35009,"width":0.763263,"height":0.17255200000000004}},{"text":"IT IS ORDERED:","bbox":{"left":0.125537,"top":0.565498,"width":0.15389399999999998,"height":0.021494000000000013}},{"text":"1.","bbox":{"left":0.156242,"top":0.6087,"width":0.013876,"height":0.021494000000000013}},{"text":"In-person grand jury proceedings may resume on February 8, 2021 under the \n direction of the presiding judge. The time limit for preliminary examination under \n Alaska Criminal Rule 5(e) remains extended through April 15, 2021. This time \n limit may be extended thereafter by the district court as provided in that rule or by \n the presiding judge as authorized by Supreme Court Order No. 1957. The \n presiding judge may allow witnesses and interpreters to appear at grand jury \n proceedings by videoconference or teleconference following the procedures m \n Chief Justice Order No. 8148.","bbox":{"left":0.183093,"top":0.6087,"width":0.703746,"height":0.171041}},{"text":"2.","bbox":{"left":0.154046,"top":0.801752,"width":0.014433000000000001,"height":0.021494000000000013}},{"text":"The presiding judge may limit or suspend in-person grand jury proceedings for \n any district or location when required for public health or to comply with local \n health mandates. The presiding judge should consider a suspension when the","bbox":{"left":0.183272,"top":0.801752,"width":0.702519,"height":0.06380200000000003}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}