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WEIST v. MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE

No. A-6133.

929 P.2d 668 (1996)

Michael WEIST, Appellant, v. MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

December 20, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason A. Steen, Gorton & Associates, Anchorage, for Appellant.

Carmen E. ClarkWeeks, Municipal Prosecutor, and Mary K. Hughes, Municipal Attorney, Anchorage, for Appellee.

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

OPINION

BRYNER, Chief Judge.

A jury convicted Michael Weist of concealment of merchandise. Weist appeals, contending that District Court Judge James N. Wanamaker violated his right to testify by failing to determine, through the inquiry required under Alaska Criminal Rule 27.1(b),1 whether Weist's waiver of his right to testify was knowing and voluntary.

It is undisputed that Judge Wanamaker failed to conduct the...

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