IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ALASKA

                      ORDER NO.    1341    

                                   Amending Appellate Rule 502(b),
                                   Criminal Rule 32, Criminal Rule
                                   35, Civil Rule 26, and
                                   Administrative Rule 10(e) to
                                   include changes made by chapter
                                   95 SLA 1998. 

IT IS ORDERED:

     1.   Paragraph (b) of Appellate Rule 502 is amended to read:


               (b) Extensions of Time.  When by these
          rules or by a notice given thereunder or by
          order of the appellate court an act is
          required or allowed to be done at or within a
          specified time, the appellate court may in its
          discretion, either on motion of a party,
          showing good cause, or sua sponte:
          
               (1) Extend the time period, either before
          or after its expiration or 
          
               (2) Validate an act done after the
          expiration of the time period.
          
          Motions to extend a time period, or to
          validate an act done after the expiration of
          the time period, must comply with Rule 503. 
          Time periods specified in the Appellate Rules,
          including time periods for doing an act or
          filing a document in the trial court, may be
          extended only by the appellate courts and not
          by the trial court.  In a matter requesting
          review of or appealing a criminal conviction
          or sentence, this rule does not authorize an
          appellate court, or the superior court acting
          as an intermediate appellate court, to
          validate the filing of a notice of appeal,
          petition for review, or petition for hearing
          more than 60 days after the expiration of the
          time specified in the rule or statute or in
          the last extension of time previously granted.


     2.   The following note is added at the end of Appellate Rule
502:


          Note to SCO 1341: Appellate Rule 502(b) was
          amended by  10 ch. 95 SLA 1998 to prohibit
          the court from allowing an appeal or request
          for review of a criminal conviction or
          sentence to be filed more than 60 days after
          the expiration of the time specified in the
          rule or statute or in the last extension of
          time previously granted. Section 1 of this
          order is adopted for the sole reason that the
          legislature has mandated the amendment.


     3.   Criminal Rule 32 is amended by adding a new paragraph to
read:

               (e) Judgment for Crime Against a Person. 
          In a case in which the defendant is convicted
          of a crime against a person as defined in AS
          44.41.035(j), the written judgment must set
          out the requirements of AS 12.55.015(i).


     4.   The following note is added at the end of Criminal Rule
32:


          Note to SCO 1341:  Paragraph (e) of Criminal
          Rule 32 was added by  11 ch. 95 SLA 1998.
          Section 3 of this order is adopted for the
          sole reason that the legislature has mandated
          the amendment.
          

     5.   Criminal Rule 35 is amended by adding a new paragraph to
read:

               (g)  Relaxing the Time Period for
          Request.  A court may not relax by more than
          10 days the time period in which a request to
          modify or reduce a sentence under (b) of this
          rule must be filed.


     6.   The following note is added at the end of Criminal Rule
35:


          Note to SCO 1341: Paragraph (g) of Criminal
          Rule 35 was added by  12 ch. 95 SLA 1998.
          Section 5 of this order is adopted for the
          sole reason that the legislature has mandated
          the amendment.


     7.   The following note is added at the end of Civil Rule 26:


          Note: Section 2 of chapter 95 SLA 1998 amends
          AS 09.19.050 to state that the automatic
          disclosure provisions of Civil Rule 26 do not
          apply in prisoner litigation against the
          state.  According to section 13 of the act,
          this amendment has the effect of changing
          Civil Rule 26 "by providing that the automatic
          disclosure provisions of the rule do not apply
          to litigation against the state brought by
          prisoners."

     8.   The following note is added at the end of Administrative
Rule 10:


          Note: Section 3 of chapter 95 SLA 1998 amends
          the definition of prisoner litigation against
          the state that appears in AS 09.19.100(1).
          According to section 14 of the act, this
          amendment has the effect of changing
          Administrative Rule 10(e) "by expanding the
          definition of 'litigation against the state'
          so that it has the meaning given in AS
          09.19.100 as amended by sec. 3 of this Act."



DATED:           August 13, 1998   

EFFECTIVE DATE:   September 10, 1998    



                                   ______________________________
                                   Chief Justice Matthews


                                   ______________________________
                                   Justice Compton


                                   ______________________________
                                   Justice Eastaugh


                                   ______________________________
                                   Justice Fabe
     

                                   ______________________________
                                   Justice Bryner