Legal Opinion
Shorthill v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided July 10, 2015No. 2462 A-11078PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANNHEIMER, Judge.
In September 2005, Carry Eugene Short-hill led the Anchorage police on a strange, low-speed car chase on the Glenn Highway. Based on this incident, Shorthill was conviet-ed of felony eluding and third-degree assault (for placing one of the pursuing officers in fear of imminent serious physical injury).
In this appeal, Shorthill argues that the superior court committed error by refusing to allow him to represent himself at trial, after Shorthill had represented himself during a year of pre-trial litigation. Shorthill also argues that he was brought to trial outside the…
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