Grice v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

On May 15, 1998, defendant-appellant Gerald Grice1 filed a motion challenging the validity of a guilty plea entered on a 1990 shoplifting charge, Case No. 90C-71111. The State Court of DeKalb *380County denied such motion on September 3,1998, and Grice appeals.

Decided February 9, 1999. Gerald Grice, pro se. Ralph T. Bowden, Jr., Solicitor, for appellee.

“OCGA § 17-7-93 (b) permits a defendant to withdraw a guilty plea as a matter of right before sentence is pronounced. Even after sentencing, the trial court has the discretion to allow the withdrawal of the plea prior to the…