SANTOS v. STATE

S19A1352.

834 S.E.2d 733 (2019)

DOS SANTOS, v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: October 21, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Walter Kraus , Office of the Public Defender, 146 N. McDonough Street, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Matthew David O'Brien , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Elizabeth A. Baker , Deputy Chief A.D.A., Tracy Graham Lawson , District Attorney, Jeffrey Michael Hawkins , Deputy Chief A.D.A., Clayton County District Attorney's Office, Harold R. Banke , Justice Center, 9151 Tara Boulevard, Jonesboro, Georgia 30236, for Appellee.


On April 16, 2018, Tia Marie Dos Santos entered negotiated guilty pleas to felony murder and other crimes. In the same term of court, she filed a pro se motion to withdraw her guilty pleas. The trial court denied the motion as meritless, and Dos Santos timely appealed to this Court. As we explain below, under our decision...

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