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BUXTON v. STATE

No. A-11778.

352 P.3d 436 (2015)

William I. BUXTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Alaska, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Alaska.

June 19, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Renee McFarland , Assistant Public Defender, and Quinlan Steiner , Public Defender, Anchorage, for the Appellant.

Eric A. Ringsmuth , Assistant Attorney General, Office of Criminal Appeals, Anchorage, and Craig W. Richards , Attorney General, Juneau, for the Appellee.

Before: MANNHEIMER, Chief Judge, and ALLARD and KOSSLER, Judges.

OPINION

The question before this Court is whether a criminal appeal should be stayed if the defendant becomes mentally incompetent during the pendency of the appeal. For the reasons explained here, we conclude that the appeal should not be stayed.

Factual background and prior proceedings

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