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HILL v. STATE

No. A-5164.

902 P.2d 343 (1995)

Patrick T. HILL, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

September 15, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Blair McCune, Assistant Public Defender, and John B. Salemi, Public Defender, Anchorage, for appellant.

Eric A. Johnson, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Special Prosecutions and Appeals, Anchorage, and Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General, Juneau, for appellee.

Before BRYNER, C.J., and COATS and MANNHEIMER, JJ.

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

Following a jury trial, Patrick T. Hill was convicted of two counts of forgery in the second degree. AS 11.46.505(a)(1). Hill appeals, claiming that the prosecutor's closing argument impermissibly commented on Hill's failure to testify. We affirm.

On February 17 and 18, 1993, Hill attempted to cash two checks at National Check Cashers in Anchorage; both checks had been stolen and forged. Hill...

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