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HAMMETT v. STATE

No. A07A1915.

653 S.E.2d 852 (2007)

HAMMETT v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

November 6, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael B. Nation, for Appellant.

Richard Randolph Read, Dist. Atty., Roberta Ann Earnhardt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Conyers, for Appellee.

ADAMS, Judge.

Antron Tremaine Hammett appeals from the denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea, alleging that the attorney who represented him during the plea proceedings was ineffective. We affirm.

A ruling on a motion to withdraw a guilty plea lies within the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be disturbed absent a manifest abuse of such discretion. When the validity of a guilty plea is challenged, the state bears the burden of showing...

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