Ringold v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseFollowing the grant of an out-of-time appeal, Richard Ringold appealed a trial court’s November 2013 order denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea on ineffective assistance of counsel grounds in what was the second time this case went before the Georgia Supreme Court. The State contended the Supreme Court lacked jurisdiction to reach the merits of Ringold’s ineffective assistance claim because he was still represented by counsel when he filed his pro se motion to withdraw. To this, the Supreme Court agreed, concluding Ringold’s pro se filing was a legal nullity and that the trial court therefore should have dismissed the void motion rather than reach its merits.
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