McDANIEL v. STATE

No. S99P0874.

522 S.E.2d 648 (1999)

271 Ga. 552

McDANIEL v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

October 18, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Franklin Freeman, Jr., Michael A. Dillon, Forsyth, Palmer C. Singleton III, Atlanta, for appellant.

Tommy K. Floyd, District Attorney, James L. Wright III, Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Paige Reese Whitaker, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


BENHAM, Chief Justice.

James Ringo McDaniel pled guilty to three counts of malice murder, three counts of felony murder, and armed robbery. After a bench sentencing trial, he was sentenced to death by the trial court for one of the malice murders.1 Because we conclude that the guilty pleas were involuntary, we reverse the convictions.

1. Evidence presented at the sentencing trial showed...

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