King v. State

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

Thelma Deloise King entered a plea of guilty to two misdemeanor charges at a hearing in state court that was not transcribed or recorded. She was sentenced to twelve-months imprisonment. A day later she moved to withdraw her guilty plea, which the trial court denied and the Court of Appeals of Georgia affirmed. 1 We granted the writ of certiorari to consider whether the court of appeals erred -in ruling that King’s guilty pleas were freely and voluntarily entered when the guilty plea hearing was not reported and there was no showing made on the record that the…