Legal Opinion
Harris v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 12, 2004No. S04A0277PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
Leonard Harris is currently in federal custody in South Carolina. In 1992 Harris pled guilty in Gordon County, Georgia, to public indecency, simple battery, obstruction of an officer, four counts of forgery, and cruelty to children. The court sentenced Harris to serve one year in prison and ten on probation. After the Gordon County convictions were used to enhance his federal sentence, Harris filed a habeas corpus petition asserting that his guilty plea was invalid because the sentencing court did not ensure that he knowingly and voluntarily waived his constitutional rights.…
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