Legal Opinion
Jackson v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided August 7, 2009No. A09A1893PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.
On February 22, 2008, Kevin Lee Jackson entered a negotiated guilty plea to charges of aggravated assault and driving under the influence of alcohol/drugs. The trial court sentenced Jackson to two years on probation. Jackson subsequently moved to withdraw his guilty plea, claiming his plea was not voluntarily, knowingly, or intelligently entered because he thought the Alford 1 doctrine gave him thirty days “to find my evidence and do what I had to do to prove my innocence.” The trial court denied Jackson’s motion. We find no error.
After sentence is pronounced, the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Brower v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
- Jones v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2004
- Ransom v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2008
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