Peterkin v. State

OPINION

Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and CON-NOR, ERWIN, BOOCHEVER and BURKE, JJ. ERWIN, Justice.

Appellant Ernest Peterkin was indicted, tried, and found guilty of the crime of as sault with a dangerous weapon. 1 In this appeal Peterkin asserts that the superior court erred. in not dismissing the indictment because the trial took place more than four months after arrest, in violation of Criminal Rule 45, 2 Alaska’s speedy trial rule. Both the background of the case and the proceedings below are important in the manner that they show a violation of Rule 45 and so that they may provide a structure…