State v. Evans

Sears, Justice.

We granted certiorari to consider whether the Court of Appeals properly applied Uniform Superior Court Rule (USCR) 33.9 in reversing the trial court’s denial of the appellee’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Evans v. State, 212 Ga. App. 805 (443 SE2d 296) (1994). For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the Court of Appeals correctly held that the trial court did not comply with USCR 33.9, but that the Court of Appeals erred by failing to examine whether the error was reversible under the circumstances of this case. In the latter regard, we hold that the error was not…