David E. King v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ January 29, 2016 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A16D0230. DAVID E. KING v. THE STATE. In 1973, David E. King pled guilty to kidnapping and rape. In March 2015, he filed a motion for out-of-time appeal, which the trial court denied. King then filed this timely application for discretionary appeal. The denial of a motion for an out-of-time appeal is directly appealable. See Lunsford v. State, 237 Ga. App. 696 ( 515 SE2d 198 ) (1999); see also Wetherington v. State, 296 Ga. 451 ( 769 SE2d 53 ) (2015) (addressing merits of direct appeal from denial of motion for out-of-time appeal following guilty plea). Accordingly, this application for discretionary appeal is hereby GRANTED pursuant to OCGA § 5-635 (j). King shall have ten days from the date of this order to file his notice of appeal in the trial court. OCGA § 5-6-35 (g). The clerk of the trial court is directed to include a copy of this order in the record transmitted to the Court of Appeals. Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia 01/29/2016 Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ I certify that the above is a true extract from the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia. Witness my signature and the seal of said court hereto affixed the day and year last above written. , Clerk.