Legal Opinion
Massey Jr. v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided November 9, 2018No. 2622 A-12271PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Judge ALLARD.
*1008 Thomas Leonard Massey Jr. was charged with second-degree escape for leaving the halfway house where he had been placed by the Department of Corrections. Prior to trial, Massey requested multiple representation hearings because he was unhappy with his appointed counsel. At the final pretrial representation hearing, Massey asked to waive his right to counsel and to represent himself. The judge presiding over this pretrial hearing told Massey that he would give him time to think about this decision, and that the court would address Massey's self-representation request at the next…
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