McDANIEL v. State

In the Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: February 4, 2019 S18A1145. McDANIEL v. THE STATE. BENHAM, Justice. McDaniel appeals the denial of numerous post-judgment motions that he has filed in the trial court since 2009. As discussed below, we affirm. McDaniel pled guilty to felony murder in August 2002 and was sentenced to life imprisonment; McDaniel thereafter filed an onslaught of post-judgment motions in the trial court. From 2003 to 2007, McDaniel’s filings included: a motion to withdraw his guilty plea, a motion in arrest of judgment, a motion to set aside verdict and vacate the judgment,…