Legal Opinion
Mason v. Banks
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 28, 1978No. 33935PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Presiding Justice.
In this habeas proceeding, two issues are raised. Mason pled guilty to eight nine-year-old indictments for passing fictitious checks and escape. He asserts there is no record of this hearing held in chambers and thus the state cannot meet its burden of establishing the voluntary and intelligent nature of the pleas. Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U. S. 238 (89 SC 1709, 23 LE2d 274) (1968). Next, he contends he had no legal advice or counsel concerning possible defenses to these old indictments in violation of his constitutional rights to a speedy trial and to effective…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Purvis v. ConnellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Roberts v. GreenwaySupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Laidler v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Umbehaum v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- Tutt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
- Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
- Griffin v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
- Stacey D. Williams, Jr. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2016
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