Legal Opinion

Rooks v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided August 24, 2000No. A00A1083PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

On June 12, 1989, with the assistance of counsel, Christopher Shawn Rooks entered a negotiated guilty plea to possession of cocaine. His five-year sentence was to be served on probation, upon payment of $110 in court costs and the performance of 180 hours of community service. On May 10,1999, Rooks filed a pro se petition for post-conviction relief, moving the court to vacate the judgment of conviction on the ground that the record fails to show that Rooks entered his guilty plea voluntarily and intelligently. The denial of that motion is the sole enumeration of error in this…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Parris v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  2. Green v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
  3. Craig v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
  4. Cook v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  5. Grice v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1999

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Johnson v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
  2. Wech v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  3. Redding v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
  4. Hirjee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003

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