TOWNS v. STATE

No. A97A1044.

491 S.E.2d 497 (1997)

228 Ga. App. 267

TOWNS v. The STATE.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

August 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Robert Joiner, Atlanta, for appellant.

Paul L. Howard, Jr., District Attorney, Juliette O.W. Scales, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.


ANDREWS, Chief Judge.

Pursuant to permission granted by the trial court, Dana Towns brings this out-of-time appeal from the judgment entered on his pleas of guilty to the offenses of burglary and theft by taking.

1. Although not raised by the parties, we first consider whether the trial court properly granted an out-of-time appeal. The trial court is authorized to grant an out-of-time appeal where the defendant's failure to file a timely direct appeal was...

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