Tyner v. State

NAHMIAS, Justice.

This is Curtis Tyner’s much delayed direct appeal of his 1984 malice murder conviction based on his guilty plea. Because the case is here on direct appeal and the record does not show that Tyner was advised of his right against self-incrimination as we have held is required by Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U. S. 238 (89 SC 1709, 23 LE2d 274) (1969), his guilty plea was invalid and we must reverse his conviction.

1. According to the factual basis offered in support of the guilty plea, in April 1984, IBM executive Martha Anne Mickel hired Tyner to paint her apartment. On April 15,…