KNIGHT v. SIKES

No. S98A0733.

504 S.E.2d 686 (1998)

KNIGHT v. SIKES, Warden.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Garth Snider, Craig L. Cascio, Center for Prisoners' Legal Assistance, Roswell, for Keith Knight.

Beth Attaway, Asst. Atty. Gen., Hon. Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Department of Law, Atlanta, for Johnny Sikes, Warden.


FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

Keith Knight filed a habeas corpus petition contending that his guilty plea on two misdemeanor counts was not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily entered. The habeas court denied the petition. Because the record reveals that the trial court failed to advise Knight of the rights he was relinquishing by pleading guilty, we reverse.

Knight was arrested on two warrants, each charging him with obstruction of an officer. He initially...

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