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Bess v. State

Citations

  • 508 S.E.2d 664
  • 235 Ga. App. 372
  • 98 Fulton County D. Rep. 3425
  • 1998 Ga. App. LEXIS 1197

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  • affirming convictions on guilty pleas where, although trial court failed to advise the defendants of the mandatory minimum sentence or the lack of parole eligibility, the defendants received the bargained-for sentences and those sentences exceeded the mandatory minimum
  • affirming convictions on negotiated guilty pleas where, although trial court failed to advise the defendants of the mandatory minimum sentence or the lack of parole eligibility, the defendants received the bargained-for sentences and those sentences exceeded the mandatory minimum
  • judge entitled to rely upon his own recollection of facts established at bond hearing in determining same
  • when defendant enters a negotiated guilty plea and receives the sentence for which he bargained, “the consequence of receiving the sentence to which [he] agreed can hardly be deemed unanticipated or adverse”
  • when defendant enters a negotiated guilty plea and receives the sentence for which he bargained, “the consequence of receiving the sentence to which [he] agreed can hardly be deemed unanticipated or adverse”

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Judges: Smith, Johnson, Banke

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