Coker v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

Joyce Jean Coker appeals from the Superior Court of Bibb County’s order denying a motion to withdraw her guilty plea entered upon a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter. Coker claims that she was not competent at the time of the entry of the plea and that, consequently, the plea was not entered freely and voluntarily; she also claims that she received ineffective assistance of counsel, because her attorney failed to request that Coker undergo a psychiatric evaluation for purposes of an insanity defense. Finding both of these claims to be without merit, we affirm.

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