Pope v. State

319 Ga. 686

FINAL COPY S24A0985. POPE v. THE STATE. BETHEL, Justice. In September 2018, Jomekia Dechelle Pope pleaded guilty to malice murder and felony murder in connection with the immolation death of Latosha Taylor.1 Nearly two years later, in June 2020, Pope filed a pro se motion to withdraw the guilty plea on various grounds, which he later amended. In a December 2023 order, the trial court 1 This matter was previously before us in Pope v. State,

301 Ga. 528

( 801 SE2d 830) (2017) (“Pope I”). As detailed more fully in our prior opinion, Pope was indicted by a Bibb County grand jury in May…