Parker v. State

As I dissented from the majority opinion in Parker’s first appeal wherein this issue was before us, I am even more compelled to dissent herein. Again, the majority remands this case on the grounds that the trial court did not expressly accept Parker’s guilty plea and approve his reservation of the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress.

1. The record makes it very clear that the court understood the purpose of the hearing was to enter Parker’s guilty plea and reserve his right to appeal the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress, pursuant to Mims v. State, 201 Ga. App.…