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SANDERS v. HOLDER

No. S09A0847.

684 S.E.2d 239 (2009)

285 Ga. 760

SANDERS v. HOLDER et al.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

September 28, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah L. Gerwig-Moore, for appellant.

Paul L. Howard Jr., Dist. Atty., David K. Getachew-Smith, Bettieanne C. Hart, Asst. Dist. Attys., for appellees.

BENHAM, Justice.

In 1989, appellant Mark Sanders pled guilty to violations of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. Sanders is now in prison on federal convictions and he filed a petition for habeas corpus relief in October 2006 when he discovered the 1989 conviction would be used to enhance his federal sentence. In his petition, Sanders alleged that his 1989 plea was invalid because, among other things, he was not advised of the constitutional rights he would be...

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