Willis Pryor v. State of Indiana

OPINION

BROWN, Judge.

Willis Pryor appeals his conviction for resisting law enforcement as a class A misdemeanor 1 and argues that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. Pryor raises one issue, which we revise and restate as whether trial counsel’s failure to preserve Pryor’s right to a jury trial denied him the effective assistance of counsel. We reverse and remand.

The relevant facts follow. On July 19, 2011, the State charged Pryor with resisting law enforcement as a class A misdemeanor. On August 8, 2011, the court scheduled a hearing for November 1, 2011. On November 1, 2011,…