State v. Manders

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following the grant of Jeffery Wayne Manders’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea, the State appeals, contending that the Barrow County trial court lacked jurisdiction to consider the motion because it was made after the term of court in which the guilty plea was entered.1 For the reasons set forth below, we reverse.

The record shows that, on September 23, 2003, Manders entered a negotiated plea of guilty to six counts of felony forgery, and the trial court sentenced him to ten years to serve five on Count 1 and ten years concurrent probation on the remaining counts.…