Colbert v. State

Johnson, Presiding Judge.

George Colbert was indicted on charges of kidnapping, aggravated assault, armed robbery, and theft of a motor vehicle. Counsel was appointed to represent Colbert, and he proceeded to trial before a jury. After all the evidence was presented, but before closing arguments were made to the jury, Colbert negotiated a plea agreement with the state and pled guilty to the charges. The trial court accepted Colbert’s guilty plea, imposing concurrent sentences of eighteen years for the kidnapping, aggravated assault, and armed robbery, and ten years for the theft.

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