Legal Opinion
Yarbor v. State
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided February 23, 1976No. 2397PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before RABINOWITZ, C. J., and CONNOR, ERWIN, BOOCHEVER and BURKE, JJ. CONNOR, Justice.
This appeal constitutes a challenge to a criminal conviction on the ground that there was delay in initiating formal proceedings against the defendant.
James Yarbor was indicted and subsequently convicted for the offense of lewd and lascivious acts toward a child. 1 Prior to trial Yarbor moved to dismiss the indictment against him because of prejudicial delay in commencing prosecution. The motion was denied. From that ruling Yar-bor appeals.
The events giving rise to the indictment occurred on August…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United States v. MarionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Marks v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. GoveMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1974
- People v. WhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- People v. SobiekCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1973
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3Cited by26 opinions
- State v. GlassAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
- Serna v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1985
- Burke v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
- Alexander v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1980
- Coffey v. StateAlaska Supreme Court · 1978
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