Caine v. State

Carley, Justice.

Isaac Caine entered a guilty plea to a charge of murder. In this case, he appeals directly from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered on his guilty plea. He contends that his guilty plea was not freely and voluntarily entered and that the actions of trial counsel denied him his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel.

In response to a certified question from the Court of Appeals, this Court clearly held in Smith v. State, 253 Ga. 169 (316 SE2d 757) (1984), that a timely filed direct appeal from a judgment entered on a guilty plea is a prescribed means…