Docket number: 35554
SUBMITTED
UNDERCOFLER, Presiding Justice. - SUBMITTED
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Judgment reversed and remanded. Nichols, C. J., Jordan, Hill, Bowles and Marshall, JJ., concur.

U.S. Supreme Court - Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 (1969)
Supreme Court of Georgia - ROBERTS v. GREENWAY., 233 Ga. 473, 211 S.E.2.d 764 (1974)
Supreme Court of Georgia - BAILEY v. BAKER., 232 Ga. 84, 205 S.E.2.d 278 (1974)
Supreme Court of Georgia - PURVIS v. CONNELL., 227 Ga. 764, 182 S.E.2.d 892 (1971)
Supreme Court of Georgia - FORD v. THE STATE., 248 Ga. 241, 282 S.E.2.d 308 (1981)
Supreme Court of Georgia - BYRD v. SHAFFER., 271 Ga. 691, 523 S.E.2.d 875 (1999)
Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, William B. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for appellant.
The superintendent of the Stone Mountain Correctional Institution brings this appeal from the grant of Lee's petition for habeas corpus. In his petition, Lee claimed his guilty plea was not voluntary because he was not informed of his right to have an attorney appointed for him, that he did not understand the nature of the proceedings, that the trial court was not informed of the facts of the case, and that he was not informed of the maximum possible sentence which could be imposed. Lee testified in support of these allegations at the habeas hearing. The state then offered the transcript of Lee's guilty plea in defense. The habeas court refused to consider the transcript on the basis that it had not been previously transcribed and certified and made a part of the record as required by Code Ann. 27-2401. Accord, Code Ann. 6-805. Without the state's evidence, the habeas court ruled in favor of Lee. Superintendent Jones appeals. We reverse.Lee relies on Code Ann. 27-2401, which provides that the testimony in all felony trials be taken down and entered on the minutes of the court, if the defendant is found guilty. We note, however, that under Code Ann. 27-1401, regarding arraignment, that "[t]he court shall receive the plea of the accused and enter such plea as is provided for hereinafter. In those cases wherein a plea of not guilty is entered, the court shall set the case down for trial at such time as shall be determined by the court." (Emphasis supplied.) Thus, we conclude that Code Ann. 27-2401, supra, does not apply to guilty pleas. Compare Code Ann. 27-1404 and 27-1405.The United States Supreme Court, in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U. S. 238 (89 SC 1709, 23 LE2d 274) (1969), mandated that the state make an affirmative showing that a guilty plea is constitutionally valid. Accord, Purvis v. Connell,Try vLex for FREE for 3 days
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