State v. Abrahamson

HECHT, Justice.

This case is before us on further review of a court of appeals decision reversing defendant Abrahamson’s conviction for manufacturing methamphetamine, under Iowa Code section 124.401(1) (2004). The court of appeals concluded the conviction on the manufacturing charge must be reversed because Abrahamson’s right to a speedy trial was violated on a previous conspiracy-to-manufacture-methamphetamine charge arising from the same facts. We agree that Abrahamson’s conviction cannot stand under the circumstances presented here.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

In the early morning of…