268 Ga. App. 170 - Bonner v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “[T]he authority for withdrawal in the same term of a plea of guilty after judgment is judicial in origin, and generally refers to an attack on a plea for defects dehors the record, as where the plea was rendered through mistake or undue influence. The statutory authority for modification of a criminal judgment is OCGA § 17-9-60 et seq., which authorizes a motion in arrest of judgment. A motion in arrest of judgment, like a motion for withdrawal of plea, must be made at the same term the judgment was obtained (OCGA § 17-9-61 (b)), and addresses only a nonamendable defect on the face of the record. OCGA § 17-9-61 (a). [Cit.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McKiernan v. State