by admin | May 11, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Georgia
As soon as practical after the imposition of the sentence or modification of an earlier disposition, the clerk shall notify the commissioner of the Department of Corrections of the sentence, and shall mail to such department the documentation required by law....
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Georgia
Link to pdf of Unified AppealLink to pdf of amendment to Rule II of Unified Appeal, effective July 1, 2012. Ga. R. Sup. Ct. 34
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Georgia
(A) After sentence is pronounced, the judge should allow the defendant to withdraw his plea of guilty or nolo contendere whenever the defendant, upon a timely motion for withdrawal, proves that withdrawal is necessary to correct a manifest injustice. (B) In the...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Georgia
A verbatim record of the proceedings at which a defendant enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere shall be made and preserved. The record should include: (A) the inquiry into the voluntariness of the plea (as required in section 33.7 ); (B) the advice to the...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Georgia
If the trial court intends to reject the plea agreement, the trial court shall, on the record, inform the defendant personally that (1) the trial court is not bound by any plea agreement; (2) the trial court intends to reject the plea agreement presently before it;...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Civil Procedure, Georgia
Notwithstanding the acceptance of a plea of guilty, the judgment should not be entered upon such plea without such inquiry on the record as may satisfy the judge that there is a factual basis for the plea. Ga. R. Sup. Ct. 33.9
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