Heuga v. State

OPINION

On our own motion we earlier dismissed this appeal, with an opinion to follow.

On June 6, 1978, Heuga entered a plea of no contest to the crime of robbery. At the same time he reserved his right to appeal the superior court’s determination that his confession was admissible. This proposed procedure was based on our opinion in Cooksey v. State, 524 P.2d 1251, 1256-57 (Alaska 1974). However, in Oveson v. Municipality of Anchorage, 574 P.2d 801, 803 n.4 (Alaska 1978), we held that appeals from such conditional pleas will not be accepted unless the issue reserved for appeal is dispositive…