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COM. v. TERRY

No. 2007-SC-000796-DG.

295 S.W.3d 819 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellant, v. Richard Wayne TERRY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

August 27, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Conway, Attorney General of Kentucky, James Coleman Shackelford, Assistant Attorney General, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellant.

Jamesa J. Drake, Assistant Public Advocate, Julia Karol Pearson, Department of Public Advocacy, Frankfort, KY, Counsel for Appellee.

Opinion of the Court by Chief Justice MINTON.

The United States Supreme Court held more than thirty years ago that a criminal defendant could not be forced to accept representation by a state-appointed attorney so long as the defendant was "made aware of the dangers and disadvantages of self-representation, so that the record will establish that he knows what he is doing and his choice is made with eyes open."1 Although later decisions...

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