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LINTON v. STATE

No. A-7603.

27 P.3d 782 (2001)

Lance D. LINTON, Sr., Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

July 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lance D. Linton, Sr., in propria persona, Florence, AZ, 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 COATS, Chief Judge, and MANNHEIMER and STEWART, Judges.

OPINION

MANNHEIMER, Judge.

Lance D. Linton is pursuing a petition for post-conviction relief, alleging that he received incompetent representation from his trial attorney. When a defendant makes such a claim, Alaska law normally requires the defendant to obtain an affidavit from their trial attorney (an affidavit discussing the various allegations of incompetence). If such an affidavit can not be obtained, the defendant must explain the efforts that...

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