Wiggins v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Hayward Wiggins appeals the Macon County Superior Court’s denial of his motion to withdraw a guilty plea. The question for decision is whether the State has carried its burden of showing that the plea was knowingly and intelligently entered. We hold that it has and affirm.

An indictment was returned charging Wiggins with two counts of burglary of a grocery store, one count of burglary of a residence, one count of aggravated assault on the occupant of the residence with a deadly weapon, three counts of rape of the occupant, and one count of aggravated sodomy of the occupant.

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