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Johnson v. State

Citations

  • 489 S.E.2d 138
  • 227 Ga. App. 390
  • 1997 Ga. App. LEXIS 921

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  • reversing judgment entered on guilty plea to three counts of violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act because the record did not show that the defendant voluntarily and intelligently subjected himself automatically to sentences of mandatory life in prison
  • no presumption where court misinformed defendant about the maximum sentence and erroneously indicated that it had discretion in sentencing him

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Judges: Beasley, Birdsong, Smith, Ruffin, Andrews, McMurray, Eldridge

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