Ex Parte Jefferson

PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI.

Danny Ray Jefferson, having been convicted of a criminal offense, moved for a new trial, alleging that his trial counsel had been ineffective. The trial court denied the motion. The Court of Criminal Appeals, on June 19, 1998, affirmed, by an unpublished memorandum. Jefferson v. State,738 So.2d 945 (Ala.Crim.App. 1998) (table). This Court granted Jefferson's petition for the writ of certiorari.

Jefferson was indicted for conspiracy to traffic in cocaine. He entered into an agreement with the State to plead guilty to the lesser-included offense of unlawful…