State v. Batungbacal

MOON, Chief Justice.

Defendant-appellant Ray Adam Batungbacal, pursuant to his conditional plea of guilty to promoting a dangerous drug in the first degree, 1 appeals from the circuit court’s denial of his motion to dismiss for violation of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers. For the reasons discussed below, we affirm the circuit court’s denial of Batungbacal’s motion to dismiss and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of conviction.

I. BACKGROUND

A. The Interstate Agreement on Detainers (IAD)

Drafted in 1956 by the Council of State Governments, the IAD is an interstate compact among forty-eight…