Legal Opinion
Trauth v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 22, 2014No. S14A0979PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Melton, Justice.
This is the second appearance of this case in this Court. In Louis F. Trauth’s first appeal, in which, as explained more fully below, Trauth was improperly forced to proceed pro se, this Court affirmed the trial court’s decision to deny Trauth’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea for malice murder. See Trauth v. State, 283 Ga. 141 (657 SE2d 225) (2008). New counsel began representing Trauth after his first appeal, and this new counsel filed a habeas petition on Trauth’s behalf on September 16, 2008. Following a hearing, the habeas court granted the petition on January 15,…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Swenson v. BoslerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Richards v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
- Rios v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2006
- Weems v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
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