Legal Opinion
Flanders v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided December 21, 2020No. S20G0464PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
310 Ga. 619
FINAL COPY S20G0464. FLANDERS v. THE STATE. PER CURIAM. In Division 1 of its opinion in this case, the Court of Appeals erred by holding that the trial court properly declined to address a claim raised by Christina Flanders in an amended motion to withdraw her guilty plea. Relying on its decision in Matthews v. State, 295 Ga. App. 752, 754(1) ( 673 SE2d 113) (2009), the Court of Appeals held that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to consider the claim because the amended motion was filed outside the term of court in which Flanders had entered her guilty plea, even though the…
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