Legal Opinion
Pieniazek v. State
Court of Appeals of Alaska
Decided February 24, 2017No. 2543 A-11866PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Judge ALLARD.
Stanly Pieniazek was found competent to stand trial following a competency hearing before Fairbanks Superior Court Judge Michael P. McConahy. A jury later found Pien-iazek guilty of two counts of third-degree assault 1 for shooting a gun at two state troopers after they responded to a report of a disturbance at Pieniazek’s property in Fairbanks.
On appeal, Pieniazek argues that the superior court erred in determining that he was competent to stand trial. For the reasons explained here, we agree with Pieniazek that the superior court misapplied the factors listed in AS…
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