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State v. James

Citations

  • 438 S.E.2d 399
  • 211 Ga. App. 149
  • 93 Fulton County D. Rep. 4401
  • 1993 Ga. App. LEXIS 1468

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  • holding that, when the trial court lacked jurisdiction to grant a motion to reconsider defendant’s guilty plea, its judgment doing so was a nullity
  • allowing a State appeal because the trial court did not have jurisdiction over the defendant’s motion for reconsideration of a motion to withdraw a guilty plea
  • as trial court lacked jurisdiction to grant a motion to reconsider a defendant’s guilty plea, its judgment doing so was a nullity
  • as trial court lacked jurisdiction to grant a motion to reconsider a defendant’s guilty please, its judgment doing so was an nullity

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Judges: Smith, Beasley, Cooper

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