State v. Carrion

Miller, Judge.

In April 1989, Pedro Acevedo Carrion pled guilty to carrying a pistol without a license (OCGA § 16-11-126) and carrying a concealed *297weapon (former OCGA § 16-11-128). Twenty-four years later, Carrion filed a motion in state court seeking to withdraw his plea on the basis that it was neither knowing nor voluntary. The trial court granted Carrion’s motion, and the State appealed. Although we find that there was no showing of a knowing and voluntary plea which would normally require a dismissal of the charges, we reverse because we find that the trial court here, twenty-four years…