State v. Taylor

DIMOND, Justice Pro Tem.

A grand jury indicted appellants, Timothy Taylor and Sidney Lee Vail, for the offenses of assault with a dangerous weapon 1 and larceny in a building. 2 The superi- or court granted the motion of the defendants to dismiss the indictments on the ground that the state had presented to the grand jury inadmissible hearsay testimony without a showing of compelling justification. From this dismissal, the state has-appealed. 3

The principal witness before the grand jury was Kodiak police officer Charles Bailey. Regarding the charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, Bailey…