Legal Opinion

Kight v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided May 29, 1981No. 61664PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

158 Ga. App. 698 (1981)

282 S.E.2d 176

KIGHT

v.

THE STATE.

61664.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided May 29, 1981.

James P. Brown, Jr., for appellant.

E. Byron Smith, District Attorney, Tommy Floyd, W. Hal Craig, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.

BIRDSONG, Judge.

Withdrawal of guilty plea. Billy Kight appeared before a superior court on February 6, 1980 with an appointed attorney and attempted to enter a plea of guilty to the offense of burglary. He was aware that the trial court would probably sentence him to serve a term of ten years. In the guilty plea procedure the appellant denied being…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  2. Barksdale v. RickettsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  3. Crump v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1980
  4. Jamison v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
  5. Right v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Sanders v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1986
  2. Bowens v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1985
  4. Collins v. THE STATECourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  5. Hill v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983

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