USHER v. STATE

S18A0274.

814 S.E.2d 363 (2018)

USHER v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided May 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnny O'Neal Usher , GDC# 538813, Coffee Correctional Facility, 1153 N Liberty Street, Nicholls, Georgia 31554, for Appellant.

Layla Hinton Zon , District Attorney, Shaun Joseph Foley , A.D.A., Alcovy Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 1132 Usher Street, N.W., Suite 313, Covington, Georgia 30014, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, for Appellee.


In September 2003, Johnny O'Neal Usher pleaded guilty and was convicted of murder, rape, and burglary. He did not appeal his convictions at that time. Fourteen years later, he filed a motion for leave to take an out-of-time appeal, but the court below denied his motion. Usher appeals the denial of his motion, and we affirm.<...

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