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SALT LAKE CITY — Curtis Allgier, who is charged with killing a corrections officer, has decided to accept the attorneys the court appointed for him.
At a hearing on May 11, Allgier refused the assistance of Utah County-based attorneys Richard Gale and Dusty Kawai, saying he instead intended to represent himself.
"That's my right and that's what I'm going to do," he told 3rd District Judge Paul Maughan at the time.
The judge strongly advised against that and asked that Gale and Kawai meet with Allgier to "allay (Allgier's) fears." According to court records, Allgier accepted their assistance Wednesday.
"Mr. Allgier agrees to appointment of counsel," a court docket states.
Allgier was arrested in June 2007 in connection with the fatal shooting of corrections officer Stephen Anderson, 60, who was escorting Allgier on a hospital visit when he was killed.
Allgier is awaiting trial on various charges including capital murder, aggravated escape, aggravated robbery and three counts of aggravated attempted murder — all first-degree felonies.
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