Drake v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Matthew J. Drake was indicted on three counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance; two counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the third degree, AS 11.71.030(a)(1), and one count of misconduct involving a controlled substance in the fourth degree, AS 11.71.040(a)(2). He asked the superior court to dismiss these charges under Alaska’s speedy trial rule, Criminal Rule 45. When the superior court denied Drake’s motion to dismiss, Drake entered pleas of no contest to one count of third-degree misconduct and one count of fourth-degree…