Pope v. State, 309 Ga. App. 728

Pope was indicted in Fulton County on counts 1-3: attempted burglary, theft by receiving a stolen automobile, obstruction.
Counts 4-5 in Fulton County alleged theft by receiving stolen laptop computers; the State dead-docketed these counts.
Pope pled guilty to counts 1-3 during a plea colloquy where dead-docketing of counts 4-5 was announced.
Fulton County court accepted the guilty plea to counts 1-3 and entered judgment only on those counts.
Less than a year later, Pope faced Gwinnett County burglary charges for the laptop-related acts initially identified in Fulton County counts 4-5.
Pope moved to bar the Gwinnett prosecution as double jeopardy; the trial court denied the motion and Pope appealed.

Issue	Plaintiff's Argument	Defendant's Argument	Held
Was Pope guilty of counts 4-5 in Fulton County?	Pope pled guilty to all five counts in Fulton County.	Pope did not plead guilty to counts 4-5; the plea was only to counts 1-3.	Pope did not plead guilty to counts 4-5.
Did jeopardy attach to the Fulton County counts 4-5 when dead-docketed?	Jeopardy attached to the same-crime charges in Gwinnett.	No jeopardy because Fulton County never accepted a guilty plea to counts 4-5 and those counts were dead-docketed.	Jeopardy did not attach; dead-docketing with no guilty plea prevents jeopardy.
Is the Gwinnett prosecution barred by double jeopardy?	Gwinnett charges duplicate the previously dead-docketed Fulton County offenses.	Jeopardy had not attached to the Fulton County counts, so no bar to Gwinnett prosecution.	No double jeopardy bar; jeopardy did not attach.

Harland v. State, 262 Ga.App. 803 (Ga. Ct. App. 2003) (requires a valid, voluntary guilty plea with understanding of charges and consequences)
Thorpe v. State, 251 Ga.App. 334 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001) (jeopardy and guilty-plea standards for successive prosecutions)
Copeland v. State, 248 Ga.App. 346 (Ga. Ct. App. 2001) (double jeopardy where prior proceedings did not consummate a guilty plea)