Mathis v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Defendant was sentenced after he pleaded guilty to two counts of selling cocaine. He filed a motion for new trial on the “general grounds” and after it was overruled, appealed to this court. In the sole enumeration of error defendant contends that his guilty plea was not entered into knowingly and voluntarily because at the, time he was on pain medication which could have affected his mental capacity.

A motion for new trial is not the proper vehicle for withdrawing a guilty plea. Lamons v. State, 170 Ga. App. 745 (318 SE2d 509) (1984); Amos v. State, 161 Ga. App. 281 (2) (287…