BYRD v. SHAFFER

No. S99A0934.

523 S.E.2d 875 (1999)

271 Ga. 691

BYRD v. SHAFFER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Deputy Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.

Marcus C. Chamblee, Stephen D. Pereira, Roswell, for appellee.


FLETCHER, Presiding Justice.

The state appeals the grant of habeas corpus relief to Michael John Shaffer. Because the record supports the habeas court's findings that the state failed to establish that Shaffer waived his constitutional rights in pleading guilty, we conclude that the guilty plea was not knowingly, voluntarily, and intelligently made and affirm.

According to the guilty plea transcript, the state was prepared to show through the testimony of...

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