Silook v. State

OPINION'

Judge MANNHEIMER.

Shannon M. Silook’s three-year-old daughter suffered severe head injuries when she ■was left in the care of Silook’s live-in boyfriend, Michael Ponte. Wfiien Silook was interviewed by the police about what had happened, Silook told the police that she, not Ponte, had been caring for the child. Silook also told the police that her daughter had suffered the injuries earlier, either by hitting her head on some rocks or by falling during a sledding accident.

For telling these lies to the police, Silook was convicted of first-degree hindering prosecution, AS 11.66.770.…