LEJEUNE v. McLAUGHLIN

No. S14A1155.

766 S.E.2d 803 (2014)

296 Ga. 291

LEJEUNE v. McLAUGHLIN.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

November 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam Marshall Hames , The Hames Law Firm, LLC, Atlanta, for Appellant.

Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Samuel S. Olens , Atty. Gen., Vicki Samara Bass , Asst. Atty. Gen., Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Atty. Gen., Department of Law, for Appellee.

Paul L. Howard, Jr. , District Attorney, Paige Reese Whitaker , Deputy Dist. Atty., Fulton County District Attorney's Office, Atlanta, GA, for Amicus Appellee.


In November 2005, Michael Lejeune pleaded guilty to murder, was convicted upon his plea, and was sentenced to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole. Years later, Lejeune filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that his plea was invalid because, he said, he never was advised that, if he instead...

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