Madden v. State

Full title: James Farentino Madden v. State

Court: Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Date published: May 31, 2002

837 So. 2d 875 (Ala. Crim. App. 2002)

Opinion

No. CR-00-2498.

Decided May 31, 2002.

Appeal from Lauderdale Circuit Court (CC-01-70).

Steven K. Aldridge, Florence, for appellant.

Bill Pryor, atty., gen., and Melissa K. Atwood, asst. atty., gen., for appellee.

McMILLAN, Presiding Judge.

AFFIRMED BY UNPUBLISHED MEMORANDUM.

COBB, SHAW, and WISE, JJ., concur.

BASCHAB, J., dissents, with opinion.

BASCHAB, Judge, dissenting.

I must respectfully dissent from the majority's unpublished memorandum. The record in this case does not indicate that the trial court ever advised the appellant about the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation, as required by Faretta v. California, 422 U.S. 806, 95 S.Ct. 2525, 45 L.Ed.2d 562 (1975). Therefore, we should reverse the trial court's judgment and remand this case for a new trial. See Farid v. State, 720 So.2d 998 (Ala.Crim.App. 1998); Hairgrove v. State, 680 So.2d 946 (Ala.Crim.App. 1995).