Legal Opinion

Washington v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided June 4, 2002No. A02A0520PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge.

Joseph Patrick Washington appeals from the denial of his pro se motion to modify his sentence. On appeal he contends that the trial court erred by (1) denying him a pre-sentencing hearing following his guilty plea, (2) informing him that the court could not reduce his sentence after the sentence was approved by the sentence review panel, and (3) failing to provide him standby counsel at the hearing on his motion for modification of sentence. We discern no error and affirm.

The record reveals that Washington pled guilty to burglary, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Reviere v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
  2. Norwood v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  3. Peters v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  4. Murray v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1995

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Washington v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002

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