State v. Johnson

HECHT, Justice.

A defendant appeals his conviction following a bench trial on two separate class “D” felony charges: failure to register as a sex offender (second offense) and failure to appear at trial. Although the defendant was charged as a habitual offender, the district court rejected, without holding a separate hearing, the State’s claim as to defendant’s habitual offender status. On appeal, the defendant contends his trial was not held within the time limit imposed under the Interstate Agreement on De-tainers (IAD) and claims the district court erred in denying his motion to dismiss.…