Legal Opinion
Marks v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided April 21, 1972No. 1414PublishedCited by 128 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ERWIN, Justice.
Appellant has been sentenced to an eighteen-month term of imprisonment for the sale of a hallucinogenic drug in violation of AS 17.12.010. Prior to his trial appellant moved for dismissal of the criminal proceedings against him, arguing that dismissal was constitutionally mandated because eight months had elapsed between the occurrence of the alleged sale and the filing of the indictment. The denial of that pre-trial motion provides the sole claim of error on appeal.
The state, prior to filing its brief, filed in this court a confession of error, stating in part:
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2Cases cited12 opinions
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. EwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Toussie v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Young v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by128 opinions
- P. H. v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1972
- Tarnef v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1973
- Burke v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
- Mattern v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1972
- Padie v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
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