Reynolds v. State

Phipps, Judge.

In 1990, Leroy Reynolds was convicted of burglarizing a pawn shop and sentenced to serve 20 years, 12 in confinement. Reynolds elected to proceed pro se with a motion for new trial, which was timely filed. For reasons attributable in part to Reynolds and in part to the trial court, that motion was not heard until 2003. After a hearing, the trial court denied Reynolds’s motion for new trial. On appeal, Reynolds claims that (1) his trial counsel was ineffective, (2) the trial court erred by failing to adequately ascertain that he was knowingly and intelligently surrendering his…