Wheeler v. State

The appellant was indicted by a Morgan County grand jury for assault in the second degree, in violation of § 13A-6-21, Codeof Alabama (1975). The appellant, who conducted his own defense, was convicted in a jury trial of the offense charged, and was sentenced under the Split Sentence Act to a term of 41 years' imprisonment, with one year to be spent in the state penitentiary, and the remainder of his sentence to be suspended. He raises 2 issues in this appeal of his conviction.

I

The appellant first argues that the record fails to show that he knowingly and intelligently waived his right to…