Green v. State

Smith, Judge.

Green entered negotiated pleas of guilty to the offenses of arson in the first degree, OCGA § 16-7-60 (a) (1), and secreting property to defraud another, OCGA § 16-9-53 (a). A third count charging possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, OCGA § 16-11-131 (b), was dismissed. He filed an amended motion for new trial in which he sought to withdraw his pleas on the basis that they were involuntary. That motion was properly treated as a motion to withdraw, Lawson v. State, 204 Ga. App. 796 (1) (420 SE2d 600) (1992), and was denied. Pursuant to permission granted by the trial…