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Trapp v. State

Citations

  • 710 S.E.2d 637
  • 309 Ga. App. 436
  • 2011 Fulton County D. Rep. 1398
  • 2011 Ga. App. LEXIS 356

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  • upholding finding that guilty plea was entered knowingly and voluntarily, despite defendant’s later claim that he was “confused” and “not in his right mind”
  • upholding finding that guilty plea was entered knowingly and voluntarily, despite defendant’s later claim that he was “confused” and “not in his right mind”
  • Because credibility determinations are for the factfinder to make, “the trial court was authorized to disbelieve [the defendant’s] self-serving testimony and to find that he knowingly, freely, and voluntarily entered the plea.”
  • Because credibility determinations are for the fact-finder to make, “the trial court was authorized to disbelieve [the defendant]’s self-serving testimony and to find that he knowingly, freely, and voluntarily entered the plea.”

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Judges: Mikell, Smith, Dillard

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