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ANDREWS v. STATE

31143.

237 Ga. 66 (1976)

226 S.E.2d 597

ANDREWS v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided June 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Akin, William Morgan Akin, Charles Crawford, for appellant.

David N. Vaughn, Jr., District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, for appellee.

UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice.

We granted petitioner's application for a habeas corpus appeal to consider the question whether his guilty plea was voluntary under the standards set out in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (89 S.C. 1709, 23 LE2d 274) (1968). The trial court denied his petition and remanded him to custody. We reverse.

Petitioner, an illiterate, was indicted in August, 1974, on eight charges involving marijuana...

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