Harris v. State

Beasley, Judge..

Joseph Harris pleaded guilty to two counts of armed robbery and was sentenced to two consecutive life terms. His sentence was later reduced to two concurrent life terms. Harris challenges the court’s consideration, for sentencing purposes, of his statement to police while in custody prior to being read his rights. At bottom, he faults the court for refusing a continuance of the Jackson-Denno hearing so he could subpoena an officer to corroborate his testimony that he was in custody when the statement was made.

1. Harris does not claim his guilty plea itself was infected and…