Jones v. Terry

Melton, Justice.

In this case, we granted a certificate of probable cause to appeal to Larry Jones in order to consider whether the habeas court erred in its June 29, 2004 determination that Jones waived his right to counsel at his 1998 guilty plea hearing. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.

Jones was indicted in Wilcox County on August 24, 1998 on one count of felony escape. He entered a plea of guilty and received a one-year sentence consecutive to the life sentence he was then serving. He was not represented by counsel at the time of the plea, and, although the sentencing court…