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STATE v. WRIGHT

Supreme Court No. S-15917.

404 P.3d 166 (2017)

STATE of Alaska, Petitioner, v. Sean WRIGHT, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

September 22, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy W. Terrell , Assistant Attorney General, Anchorage, and Jahna Lindemuth , Attorney General, Juneau, for Petitioner.

Margie Mock , Contract Attorney, Anchorage, and Quinlan G. Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for Respondent.

Before: Stowers, Chief Justice, Maassen, Bolger, and Carney, Justices, and Matthews, Senior Justice. [Winfree, Justice, not participating.]

OPINION

I. INTRODUCTION

In November 1999 the State filed a felony information charging Sean Wright with sexually abusing two young girls. Wright was not arrested or indicted on these charges until almost five years later. He moved to dismiss the charges, claiming, among other reasons, that his right...

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