Jamison v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the Court
Deen, Presiding Judge.
Defendant entered a guilty plea to driving under the influence.
Defendant’s sole enumeration of error complains that the trial judge erred in refusing to allow him to withdraw his guilty plea after he was sentenced because he alleged that his guilty plea was not freely, voluntarily and understandingly given. This enumeration is without merit.
A motion to withdraw a plea made at the same term of court after sentence is pronounced is within the sound legal discretion of the trial judge. Strickland v. State, 199 Ga. 792 (35 SE2d 463). Defendant pled guilty at the December…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Strickland v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
- McCrary v. the StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1960
- Jackson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1896
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