Legal Opinion

Gooden v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 20, 2019No. S19A0173PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Boggs, Justice.

**835Shontori Neoshuba Gooden appeals after the denial of her motion to withdraw her plea of guilty to felony murder, asserting as her sole enumeration of error that the case should be remanded for a hearing on alleged ineffective assistance of counsel. We disagree and affirm.

On November 18, 2016, Gooden was indicted for felony murder and other crimes arising out of the October 2016 shooting of Nyla Foster. On May 30, 2017, represented by public defender Monica Myles, Gooden entered a negotiated plea of guilty to felony murder and was sentenced. On June 8, 2017, Gooden's second…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Rivers v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
  3. Wilson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  4. Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
  5. Patel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Collier v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2019
  2. Schoicket v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2021

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