Barry v. State

OPINION

SINGLETON, Judge.

Shawn Barry was found guilty of kidnapping, AS 11.41.300(a)(1)(C), and sexual assault in the first degree, AS 11.41.410(a)(1). Barry received concurrent terms of twenty years for kidnapping and twenty years with five years suspended for sexual assault. He appeals his conviction and sentence. He argues that his trial counsel provided him ineffective assistance (1) in permitting him to waive a jury trial and to proceed before Judge Van Hoomissen and (2) in her general handling of the trial. In addition, Barry argues that under the peculiar facts of this case, sexual…