Court Opinion

ID: 7757872
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 20:31:17.221293+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:40:31.069332
License: Public Domain

I must respectfully dissent. The record in this case does not indicate that the trial court ever advised the appellant about the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation, as required by Faretta v.California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975), and did not advise him that he had the right to withdraw any waiver of the right to counsel at any time during the proceedings, as required by Rule 6.1(b), Ala.R.Crim.P. Therefore, we should reverse the trial court's judgment and remand this case for a new trial. See Farid v. State,720 So.2d 998 (Ala.Crim.App. 1998); Hairgrove v. State, 680 So.2d 946
(Ala.Crim.App. 1995), cert. denied, 680 So.2d 947 (Ala. 1996).