GOODWIN v. KNIGHTEN

S89A0411.

259 Ga. 839 (1990)

387 S.E.2d 887

GOODWIN v. KNIGHTEN.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied February 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, C. A. Benjamin Woolf, Sell & Melton, Rick W. Griffin, for appellant.

William F. Mabe, for appellee.


HUNT, Justice.

This is an appeal by the warden from the grant of habeas relief to the petitioner. Knighten, the petitioner, pled guilty but mentally ill to one count each of armed robbery, aggravated assault, and burglary, and was sentenced to serve three concurrent sentences of eighteen years. In granting the petition, the habeas court found: the robbery and assault counts merged, the guilty plea was involuntary, and a factual basis for the plea had not been proven...

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