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2018 Alaska Statutes
Title 11. Criminal Law
Chapter 41. Offenses Against the Person
Article 1. Homicide.
Sec. 11.41.140. Definition.
Universal Citation: AK Stat § 11.41.140 (2018)
In AS 11.41.100 — 11.41.140 “person”, when referring to the victim of a crime, means a human being who has been born and was alive at the time of the criminal act. A person is “alive” if there is spontaneous respiratory or cardiac function or, when respiratory and cardiac functions are maintained by artificial means, there is spontaneous brain function.
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