A Lowndes County grand jury indicted the appellant, James Mc-Clendon, Jr., оn four counts of murder and one count of aggravated battеry, among other charges. The state initially announced that it would seek the death penalty on all four murder counts at trial. When McClendon pleaded guilty to all four murder counts and the aggrаvated battery charge, the state agreed to refrain frоm seeking the *481 death penalty and to drop the remaining charges.
The trial court gave McClendon life sentences for the murders, and a twenty-year sentence for the aggravаted battery, all to be served consecutively. Under OCGA § 42-9-39 (c), (he triаl court indicated that McClendon would not be eligible for pаrole until he served thirty years of his sentence. McClendon appeals the validity of his guilty plea, the trial court’s denial of his motion for a committal hearing, and the constitutionality of OCGA § 42-9-39 (c). We affirm. 1
1. The grand jury indicted McClendon on the day that he filed his motion for a committal hearing. “[0]nce an indictment is obtained there is no judicial oversight or review of the decision to prosecute because of any failure to hold a commitment hearing.”
State v. Middlebrooks,
2. The trial court, prior to accepting McClendon’s guilty plеas, determined that McClendon was not intoxicated and that he understood the roles of his attorney, the prosecutor, аnd the court. The court then determined that McClendon was satisfied with his attorney’s representation and that he had been fully apprised of his rights by his attorney. The court then further described the rights that Mc-Clendon would be waiving by pleading guilty.
At that point, the prosecutiоn outlined the evidence that it had adduced as to eaсh count to which McClendon intended to plea. Mc-Clendon, when given the opportunity, did not differ with the prosecution’s version оf events, and he did not add anything to the prosecutor’s story. After thе trial court accepted McClendon’s pleas and sеntenced him, the court gave McClendon the opportunity to withdraw his pleas in light of the sentences given. McClendon did not withdraw the pleas.
Although the court did not specifically address eаch issue found in Superior Court Rule 33.8, we find the court’s determination of voluntariness clearly supported by the record. We find no error. Cf.
Purvis v. Connell,
3. In pleading guilty to four counts of murder and one count of аggravated assault, McClendon admitted a number of acts that a jury could reasonably consider “aggravating circumstancеs” under OCGA § 17-10-30 (b). In both this and other jurisdictions, McClendon might well have been sentеnced to death. In light of this fact, we can hardly
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hold that a sentеnce denying McClendon consideration of parole fоr thirty years, under OCGA § 42-9-39 (c) to constitute “cruel and unusual punishment.” See
Gregg u. Georgia,
Judgment affirmed.
Notes
The crime was committed on August 20, 1985. The appellant pleaded guilty on March 4, 1986. The transcript of evidence was filed on July 8,1986. Notice of appeal was filed April 29,1986. The record was docketed in this Court on July 25,1986 and the case was submitted on September 5, 1986.