Harris v. State

I respectfully dissent for two reasons. First, I find the manner in which we now articulate Sixth Amendment right-to-counsel issues confusing, sufficiently so that it could impact the results in some cases. Second, although the Court of Criminal Appeals did not articulate the issues in the now required manner, I read its opinion as already deciding (and reaching the correct conclusions as to) the necessary Sixth Amendment issues.

As to the former concern, if a criminal defendant has good reason for having discharged his counsel and for not having done so until the eve of trial, I do not see…