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Sunday, Aug. 8, 1999 | 9:22 a.m.
Washoe District Judge Connie Steinheimer has scheduled a Tuesday hearing on Siaosi Vanisi's request.
In a handwritten letter to the judge, Vanisi gave no reason for wanting to represent himself. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for him on first-degree murder charges.
Vanisi is accused of killing police Sgt. George Sullivan, 43, in January 1998 at UNR's main entrance.
He was transferred to Nevada State Prison in Carson City after he became a behavior problem at the Washoe County Jail, but is back at the jail now.
He tried to escape from the state prison but was shot with rubber bullets.
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