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o f Ap p ea l s h er eb y p a s s es t h e f

o ll owi n g o r der :

A1 8 A0 87 0 . REI D v . THE STATE.

Ry an Crai g Rei d was co n v ict ed by a ju ry of en ti ci n g a ch i l d fo r i n d ecen t

p u rp os es (OCGA § 1 6 -6 -5 ) an d ag g rav at ed ch i l d m o l es t at i o n (OCGA § 16 -6 -4 (c)). 1

Th e t ri al co u rt d en i ed Rei d ’ s m o t i o n fo r n ew t ri al

, an d t h i s p ro s e ap p e a l f o l l o w e d.

Rei d h as al s o fi l ed a m o t i o n t o rem an d t h e cas e t o t h e t ri al co u rt fo r ap p o i n t m en t o f

ap p el l at e co u n s el

. W e co ncl u d e t h at t h e reco rd d o es n o t es t ab l i s h t h at Rei d was

ad v is ed o f h i s co n s t i t u ti o nal ri g h t t o co un s el o n ap peal an d t h at h e s u b s e q u en t l y

wai v ed it

. See Pl a t t v. S t a t e

, 3 4 2 Ga. Ap p. 6 64

, 66 7 (1 ) (8 0 5 SE2 d 1 1 2 ) (2 01 7 ). W e

t h erefo re rem an d t he cas e t o t he t ri al co u rt

.

Al t h ou g h Rei d i n i t ial l y ret ai n ed co un s el

, t h e t ri al co u rt al l o w ed c o u n s e l to

wi t h d raw s h o rt l y b efo re t ri al

. Fi v e d ay s p ri o r to Rei d ’ s n ewl y sch ed u l ed tri al d at e,

t h e t ri al co u rt ap p o i n ted co un s el fo r Rei d

. Fo l l owi n g Rei d ’ s co n v i ct i o n

, h i s co u n s el

fi led a m o t i o n fo r n ew t ri al

, aft er wh i ch Rei d re c e i v ed ap p o i n t ed ap p el lat e co u n s el

d u e t o h i s in d i g en ce. It ap p ears

, h o wev er, t h at Rei d t h en ret ai n ed t wo at t o rn ey s

, t h e

s eco n d o f wh o m en tered a l i m i t ed ap p earan ce fo r p urp o s es o f t h e m o t i on fo r n ew t ri al

o n l y

. Th e reco rd d o es n o t co n t ai n a n o r d e r fro m t h e t ri al co u rt rel iev i n g Rei d ’ s

ap p oi n t ed ap p el l a t e c o u n s el o r h i s fi rs t ret ai n ed p os t -t ri al co u n s el fro m

rep res en t at i o n, n o r i s th ere a m ot i on fro m ei t h e r co u n s el wi t h d rawi ng fro m

rep res en t at i o n.

Fo l l owi n g a h eari n g, t h e t ri al co u rt den i ed t h e m o t i o n fo r n ew t ri al

. Rei d t h en

1 Th e j ury acq u i t t ed Rei d o f a sep arat e co u n t of ag g rav at ed ch i l d m o l es t at i o n,

an d t h e St at e n o l l e p ro ss ed t wo s o d o m y ch arg es (OCGA § 1 6 -6 -2 (a) (1 )).

October 18, 2018fi led h i s p ro s e n o t i ce o f ap p eal

. Acco rd i n g t o t h i s Co u rt ’ s d o ck e t i n g s y s t em

, Rei d

fi led an affi d av i t o f i n di g en ce o n No v em b er 2 9

, 2 01 7

.

Du ri n g t h e p en d en cy of h i s ap p eal

, Rei d fi l ed t wo m o t i o n s : an “ Em erg en cy

M o t i on fo r a St ay o f Pro ceed in g ,” an d a “ M o t i on fo r Ord er fo r Rem an d .” In t h e fi rs t

o f t h es e m o t i on s

, he n o t ed t h at h e was pro ceed i n g p ro s e, an d h e arg ued t h at h e was

n o t ap pri s ed o f h i s ri g h t t o h av e co u n s el ap p o i nt ed fo r h i s ap p eal

.

Th e Si x t h Am en d m en t ri g h t to t h e effect i v e as s is t an ce o f co u n s el i n cri m i n al

cas es ap p l i es t o ev ery cri t i cal s tag e o f t h e pro s ecu t i o n, i n cl u di n g t h e di rect ap p eal o f

a co nv i ct i o n

. See Ga r l a n d v. St a t e

, 2 8 3 Ga. 20 1

, 2 0 2 (6 5 7 SE2 d 8 42 ) (2 0 0 8 ). W h ere

an ap p el lan t l ack s fi n an ci al res o u rces t o o b t ai n co u n s el

, t h e St at e m u st p ro v i d e

co u ns el t o h im

. Id

. See al s o OCGA § 1 7 -1 2 -2 3 (a) (4 ) (p u bl i c defen d er m u s t p ro v i d e

co u ns el fo r in d i g en t d efen d an t ’s d i rect ap p eal of co n v i ct io n ). Nev ert h el es s

, an

i n d i g en t d efen d an t can p ro ceed p ro s e i f t h e reco rd sh o ws t h at th e t ri al co u rt ad v i s ed

t h e d efen d an t of th e d an ger o f s el f-rep res en t at i o n an d t h e d efen d an t h as wai v ed h i s

ri gh t t o co u ns el

. 2 M

er r i wea t h er v. Ch a t ma n

, 2 8 5 Ga. 7 6 5

, 7 6 6 (6 8 4 SE2 d 2 3 7 )

(2 0 0 9). “ In th e ab sen ce of a s h o wi n g i n t h e reco rd t h at t h e t ri al co u rt m ad e s u ch

ad m o n i t i o n s

, t he d efen d an t h as n o t v al i d l y wai v ed h i s ri g h t t o ap p el lat e co u n s el .”

(Ci t at i o n s o m i tt ed .) I d

. Th e ab s en ce o f an y ev i d en ce i n t he reco rd o f s u ch a wai v er

req u i res rem an d. Co s t el l o v. S t a t e

, 2 4 0 Ga. Ap p

. 87 (5 2 2 SE2 d 5 7 2 ) (1 9 9 9 ). In

ad d it i o n

, a n o n -i n d i gen t d efen d an t can al s o wai ve t he ri g ht b y fai l i n g to act d i l i g en t l y

t o o b t ai n c o u n s el

. See Ha t ch er v. S ta t e

, 32 0 Ga. A p p

. 3 66

, 3 7 1

, 3 7 2 (1 ) (7 3 9 SE2 d

8 0 5 ) (2 0 1 3 ).

Here, t h ere i s n o ev i d en ce i n t h e reco rd o n ap p eal t o e s tab l i s h (1 ) wh et h er

ap p oi n t ed ap p el lat e co un s el o r t h e p rev io u s ret ai n ed co u ns el recei v ed p erm i s s i o n to

wi t h d raw fro m rep res en t at i on ; (2 ) wh et h er Rei d qu al i fi es as i n d ig en t fo r p u rp o s es o f

t h e ap p o i n t m en t o f co u n s el ; (3 ) wh et h er Rei d at t em p t ed t o ret ai n co u n s el t o h an d l e

2 Th ere i s n o tran scri p t of t h e h eari n g o n t h e m o t i o n fo r n ew t ri al

. N ev ert h el es s

,

t h e St at e b ears t h e b u rd en o f s h o wi n g s u ch a wai v er, an d t he ab s en ce o f t ran s cri p t s

i s no t fat al t o t h e cl ai m o f erro r. See McCa n t s v. S t at e

, 2 5 5 Ga. Ap p

. 1 3 3

, 1 3 4 (1 )

(5 6 4 SE2 d 5 3 2 ) (2 0 0 2 ).t h e ap p eal ; o r (4 ) wh et her Rei d wai v ed h is ri gh t to co u n s el ei t h er aft er bei n g ad v i s ed

o f t h e d an g ers o f d o in g s o o r b y fai l i n g t o act wi t h d i li g en ce t o ret ai n co u n s el

.

Acco rd i ng l y

, i n t h e ab s en ce of ev i den ce s h o wi ng t h at Rei d was ap p ri s ed o f h i s

co n st i t u t io n al ri g h t a n d t h at h e wai v ed i t

, we rem an d t h e cas e w i th s p eci fi c

i n s t ru ct i o n s fo r th e t ri al co u rt t o co n du ct ap p ro p ri at e p ro ceed i ng s wi t h i n 45 d ay s o f

recei v i ng t h e rem i t t i t ur co n cern i n g wh et her t h ere h as b een a v i ol at i o n o f Rei d ’ s ri g ht

t o ap p el lat e co un s el

. Aft er t h e t ri al co u rt is s u es i t s o rd er, Rei d i s i n s tru ct ed t o fi l e an

am en d ed n o t ice o f ap p eal w i t hi n 3 0 d ay s

, an d t h e t ri al co u rt cl erk i s d i rect ed to

t ran s m i t an y do cu m en t s fi l ed aft er t h e l as t n o t i ce o f ap peal

, i n cl u di n g a co p y o f t h i s

o rd er, t o b e re-d o ck et ed i n t h is Co u rt

. Up o n r e-d o ck et in g

, b ri efi ng b y t h e p art i es

s h o u ld p ro ceed i n acco rd an ce wi t h Co u rt o f Ap peal s Ru l e 2 3

.

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h e r e t o a f f i x e d t h e d a y a n d y e a r l a s t a b o v e w r i t t e n

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. 10/18/2018