Goodwin v. State

319 Ga. 842

FINAL COPY S24A0518. GOODWIN v. THE STATE. BOGGS, Chief Justice. Appellant Ronrecus Goodwin appeals the denial of his timely motion to withdraw his guilty plea to malice murder in connection with the 2019 shooting death of Cameron Johnson.1 He contends that his motion was improperly denied because he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Specifically, Appellant argues that plea counsel was deficient by failing to appropriately advise him as 1 The shooting and connected crimes occurred on September 13, 2019. On September 8, 2021, a Glynn County grand jury indicted Appellant…