286 Ga. App. 694 - Frost v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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18 state decisions

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1. “A ruling on a motion to withdraw a guilty plea lies within the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be disturbed absent a manifest abuse of such discretion. When the validity of a guilty plea is challenged, the state bears the burden of showing affirmatively from the record that the defendant offered his plea knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily. 1”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 291 Ga. App. 267 - Franklin v. State · 304 Ga. App. 684 - Johnson v. State

2. “) (citation and punctuation omitted). See also Shaheed v. State , 276 Ga. 291 , 291-292 (2), 578 S.E.2d 119 (2003) (finding no manifest injustice despite defendant's claim that his lack of faith in trial counsel and pressure he felt from his family and the jury selection process”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. HALL v. the STATE.

3. “is a question of fact for the trial court to resolve, whose decision we will only reverse if it constitutes an abuse of discretion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. HALL v. the STATE.