GRAHAM v. STATE

S16A1882.

797 S.E.2d 459 (2017)

GRAHAM v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 27, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wade Nichols Krueger , Public Defender's Office, PO Box 1586, Suite 201, Valdosta, Georgia 31603-1586, Don Thomas Lyles , Attorney at Law, L.L.C., 411 North Madison Street, Thomasville, Georgia 31792-5543, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Samuel S. Olens , Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, James Linder Prine, II , A.D.A., District Attorney Southern Circuit, P.O. Box 2596, Thomasville, Georgia 31799-2596, Bradfield M. Shealy , District Attorney, Southern Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Box 99, Valdosta, Georgia 31603-0099, for Appellee.


Pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement, appellant Kiera Shanice Graham pled guilty to felony murder, armed robbery, and arson in the first degree. Less than a month after she was sentenced for her crimes, appellant filed a motion to withdraw her guilty plea, asserting that it was coerced by her attorney. The trial court denied...

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