Mullins v. State

608 P.2d 764 (1980)

Jimmy A. MULLINS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

No. 4362.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

March 28, 1980.

William H. Fuld, Law Offices of Kay, Christie, Fuld, Saville & Coffey, Anchorage, for appellant.

Leonard M. Linton, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Joseph D. Balfe, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, and Avrum M. Gross, Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Before RABINOWITZ, C.J., and CONNOR, BOOCHEVER, BURKE and MATTHEWS, JJ.

OPINION

BOOCHEVER, Justice.

This is a speedy trial case under Alaska R.Crim.P. 45.[1] The precise question presented is whether a three-month delay in appellant's trial was…