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Adams v. State

Citations

  • 683 S.E.2d 586
  • 285 Ga. 744
  • 2009 Fulton County D. Rep. 3061
  • 2009 Ga. LEXIS 480

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  • explaining that terminology other than “the right against self-incrimination” may be employed in advising a defendant, but that he or she must he clearly advised that the right involved is a trial right
  • informing defendant of his “right to remain silent” is an acceptable substitute for the privilege against self-incrimination as long as it is clear that the trial court is referring to the right to remain silent “at trial”
  • violation of USCR 33.9, requiring factual basis for guilty plea, did not result in manifest injustice invalidating guilty plea
  • “the denial of a request for out-of-time appeal is proper if an examination of the record reveals no merit to the claimed errors”
  • factual basis sufficient where prosecutor recited facts and trial court otherwise familiar with evidence in the case
  • factual basis sufficient where prosecutor recited facts and trial court otherwise familiar with evidence in the case

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Judges: Hunstein

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