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DUQUE v. STATE

No. A04A2348.

608 S.E.2d 738 (2004)

271 Ga. App. 154

DUQUE v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

December 17, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cathy Alterman, Alterman & Associates, P.C., Mark Yurachek, L. David Wolfe, P.C., Atlanta, for Appellant.

Donald Wilson, District Attorney, Fred Lane, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for Appellee.

PHIPPS, Judge.

Juan Duque entered a negotiated Alford1 plea to two counts of selling methamphetamine. He appeals, claiming that the trial court erred by accepting his plea because it was not voluntarily given and that his lawyers were ineffective for allowing him to plead guilty. We affirm.

1. Under North Carolina v. Alford,2 the trial court may accept a guilty plea from a defendant who...

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