Legal Opinion
Peterson v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided April 20, 1977No. 2642PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ERWIN, Justice.
On December 22, 1974, four persons were killed in a cabin in the village of Chignik Lagoon. The following day appellant Paul Stanley Peterson, Jr., the son of Helen and Paul Peterson, two of the victims, was arrested after he confessed to having killed his parents, Nick Willie, and Peter Phillips. Peterson appeals from his conviction on four counts of second degree murder.
Although appellant asserts six contentions of error by the trial court, his primary claims are that the trial court erred in refusing to dismiss the charges against him for violation of his speedy trial…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Hernandez v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by54 opinions
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