Legal Opinion
State v. Creekpaum
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1988No. S-2054, S-2208PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RABINOWITZ, Justice.
1. INTRODUCTION.
On March 12, 1980, Robert Creekpaum allegedly sexually assaulted a nine year old girl. On May 17, 1985, a grand jury in Juneau returned an indictment against Creekpaum for “a class A felony ... in violation of [former] AS 11.41.410(a).” 1 Creekpaum filed a motion to dismiss the case on June 20, 1985, on the grounds that the applicable statute of limitations had run and the indictment was untimely. 2
At the time of Creekpaum’s alleged offense in March 1980, the applicable statute of limitations, AS 12.10.010, specified a five year period in which the…
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