Hyer v. State

I concur in denying this petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals. In his petition for the writ of certiorari, John Henley Hyer argues, among other things, that the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in refusing to remand his case to the circuit court for an evidentiary hearing to address his claim that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to render a judgment or to impose a sentence because Hyer was deprived of his right to counsel and did not knowingly, intelligently, or voluntarily waive that right when he pleaded guilty to murder in 1975. The Court of Criminal…