Court Opinion

ID: 9640470
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 17:06:41.121195+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:10:30.097652
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Tom Glaze, Justice, concurring. This case troubles me because, according to appellant’s testimony, he appeared before the trial court one week prior to trial (January 11, 1988) and asked for an attorney. If the appellant made such an appearance, the record before us fails to reveal it. The circuit clerk’s and court reporter’s certificates reflect we have the full record. In addition, the Attorney General’s office has not requested remand of this cause so the record can be settled. As a consequence, we can only speculate that a hearing was held on January 11, 1988, and that the trial court may have considered appellant’s request for an attorney. Of course, if such a hearing occurred, the trial court, at the same time it considered appellant’s request, may have warned the appellant concerning his rights and the advantages and disadvantages of proceeding pro se. Nevertheless, since the state does not question the record, I presume this court has all of it. That being the case, I join in the decision reached by the majority.