Wright v. Georgia
Annotate this CaseShakur Wright pleaded guilty to the malice murder of Benjamin Thompson and to other related offenses. Ten days after sentencing, Wright, through new counsel, filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea. The motion was timely filed in the same term of court as his conviction. Wright argued that his plea counsel was ineffective for allegedly failing to inform him before sentencing of the more stringent “manifest injustice” standard for withdrawing a guilty plea after sentencing. After the court denied Wright’s motion, Wright appealed, arguing that his plea counsel’s alleged ineffective assistance resulted in an “unnecessary burden” on him. Finding no abuse of discretion in the superior court’s ruling, the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed its order denying Wright’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea.
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