Ex Parte Reese

Ralph Junior Reese was charged with possession of marijuana "for his personal use only after having been previously convicted of unlawful possession of marijuana . . . for his personal use only," § 13A-12-213, Ala. Code 1975; he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years in the state penitentiary. As evidence of Reese's prior conviction, the State introduced a certified record of Reese's conviction in Dothan Municipal Court. On the docket sheet in that prior case was a stamped notation indicating that Reese had waived his right to counsel before pleading guilty. Reese asserts that that…