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RINEY v. STATE

No. A-5888.

935 P.2d 828 (1997)

James E. RINEY, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

April 11, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jill E. Farrell, Assistant Public Defender, and John B. Salemi, Public Defender, Anchorage, for Appellant.

William H. Hawley, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for Appellee.

Before BRYNER, C.J., and COATS and MANNHEIMER, JJ.

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

James E. Riney, Jr., appeals his conviction for fourth-degree misconduct involving a controlled substance (possession of three small "rocks" of cocaine), AS 11.71.040(a). One of the main issues on appeal is whether the police violated Riney's right to a speedy initial appearance when they took him to the police station following his arrest and held him for two hours before taking him to the magistrate. Riney contends that...

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