Legal Opinion
Parks v. McClung
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided November 23, 1999No. S99A0712PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
The issue for decision in these consolidated habeas corpus cases is whether the petitioners, Shelby L. Parks and Curtis W. Baker, made a knowing and intelligent waiver of their right to counsel when, at the time they were arraigned, they pleaded guilty. We hold that petitioners did make such a knowing and intelligent waiver and that, therefore, their convictions and sentences are constitutionally valid.
Petitioners were arraigned in the State Court of Sumter County.1 Each petitioner pleaded guilty and received a sentence which included a period of incarceration followed by…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Argersinger v. HamlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Von Moltke v. GilliesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- State v. LambertLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Fortson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Ledford v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2012
- Barnes v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2002
- Wilkerson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2009
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