Baisden v. State

CARLEY, Justice.

In 1986 and 1991, Henry James Baisden, appearing before the same trial judge both times, pled guilty to charges of burglary, forgery, and violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. In 2002, acting pro se, he filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the convictions entered on those guilty pleas were used as a ground for enhancement of the federal sentence which he is currently serving in Florida. Baisden further alleged, among other things, that he was never informed of his constitutional rights as set out in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U. S. 238 (89 SC…