STATE v. MARDOCK

No. 1342.

490 P.2d 1223 (1971)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Joanne MARDOCK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

November 30, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Brown, Asst. Dist. Atty., Harold W. Tobey, Dist. Atty., Anchorage, G. Kent Edwards, Atty. Gen., Juneau, for petitioner.

James Krendl and Robert C. Erwin, Hughes, Thorsness, Lowe, Gantz & Clark, Anchorage, for respondent.

Before DIMOND, RABINOWITZ, and CONNOR, JJ., and LEWIS, Superior Court Judge.


CONNOR, Justice.

This case concerns the constitutional right to speedy trial, as expounded in the opinions in Glasgow v. State, 469 P.2d 682 (Alaska 1970), and Rutherford v. State, 486 P.2d 946 (Alaska 1971).

The superior court dismissed the indictment because a delay of about 15 months had occurred between the time of the indictment and the date...

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