Wolfe v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Thompson, J.:

A jury convicted Randall Wolfe of the crime of prisoner escape. He had elected to represent himself with the aid of the public defender as his advisor. At arraignment the district court ordered that Wolfe be allowed to use the law library at the prison to prepare for trial. Should he not be permitted to do so the court was to be advised. On the day trial was to commence Wolfe moved to dismiss asserting that he had been denied access to the library, and to a telephone. The court denied that motion, and trial occurred.

His defense was that of limited necessity,…