Legal Opinion
HAYES v. the STATE.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 12, 2018No. A16A0588PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Dillard, Chief Judge.
*833 Following a guilty plea to charges of burglary, possession of tools for the commission of a crime, and misdemeanor obstruction of a law enforcement officer, Marion Hayes appealed to this Court (proceeding pro se ), contending that (1) the trial court improperly participated in the guilty-plea proceedings, (2) the plea was not entered into voluntarily, and (3) his decision to proceed pro se was invalid. And in Hayes v. State , 1 we held that the trial court improperly participated in the guilty-plea proceedings, reversing Hayes's convictions without considering his…
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