Legal Opinion
Fortson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 12, 2000No. S00A0196PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
532 S.E.2d 102 (2000)
272 Ga. 457
FORTSON
v.
The STATE.
No. S00A0196.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
June 12, 2000.
James E. Millsaps, Covington, for appellant.
Alan A. Cook, District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, H. Maddox Kilgore, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
HUNSTEIN, Justice.
Shedrick Fortson pled guilty to felony murder and firearm possession in January 1998. In February 1998 Fortson filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea alleging that because his appointed counsel was ineffective his plea was not knowingly and…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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