Bobby v. State

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Phillip Bobby asks us to decide three issues in this case. The first issue involves the calculation of time under Alaska’s speedy trial rule, Criminal Rule 45, when a defendant faces trial after withdrawing a previous plea of guilty or no contest. The second issue is whether the ex post facto clause prohibits the State from enforcing certain portions of Alaska’s sex offender registration law, AS 12.63.010 et seq., against defendants who committed their crimes before the effective date of the law. The third issue is whether the judge who sentenced Bobby was clearly…