Harris v. State

SHAW, Judge.

In an opinion issued on March 23, 2007, this Court reversed Terry Harris’s guilty-plea conviction for one count of operating as an unregistered investment-advisor representative, a violation of § 8-6-3(b), Ala. Code 1975, and his resulting sentence of five years’ imprisonment on the ground that Harris had been denied his constitutional right to counsel. Harris v. State, 27 So.3d 564 (Ala.Crim.App.2007). Specifically, this Court held that Harris had not expressly or impliedly waived his right to counsel when he appeared at trial without his newly retained counsel present. 1 The…