Snyder v. State

OPINION

RABINOWITZ, Chief Justice.

Appellant Richard C. Snyder was indicted, tried, and found guilty of the crime of burglary not in a dwelling. 1 In this appeal Snyder asserts that the superior court erred in not dismissing the burglary indictment because the trial under this indictment took place more than four months after arrest, in violation of Criminal Rule 45, Alaska’s speedy trial rule. 2

Snyder was arrested on March 22, 1972, and was indicted on March 30, 1972, for the crime of burglary not in a dwelling, a violation of AS 11.20.100. On April 28, he pled not guilty. Snyder’s counsel…