ADAMS v. STATE

S17A1453.

810 S.E.2d 134 (2018)

ADAMS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: February 5, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alvin Adams, III , GDC# 765634, Georgia State Prison, 300 1st Avenue South, Reidsville, Georgia 30453, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Herbert McIntosh Poston, Jr. , District Attorney, CONASAUGA JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, P.O. Box 1086, Dalton, Georgia 30722-1086, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Attorneys for the Appellee.


Appellant Alvin Adams entered a guilty plea to charges of malice murder and armed robbery in 1993, and the trial court sentenced him to two consecutive life sentences on October 12, 1993. On June 30, 2016, Adams filed a pro se motion to withdraw his guilty plea. The trial court promptly denied the motion on the ground that, because...

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