Legal Opinion
Gottschalk v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided November 23, 2001No. A-7572PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
This appeal presents two issues, one involving Alaska's speedy trial rule (Criminal Rule 45) and the other involving the propriety of a peremptory challenge exercised by the prosecutor.
Clayton W. Gottschalk was charged with felony driving while intoxicated, felony breath test refusal, driving with a suspended license, and leaving the seene of an accident. 1 His trial was scheduled for October 27, 1998, with trial call scheduled for the day before (October 26th).
The first issue on appeal arose because Gottschalk failed to appear at the trial call. With Gottschalk's…
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- Jimmy Elem v. James PurkettCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1994
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