COOPER v. STATE

S19A0605.

829 S.E.2d 365 (2019)

COOPER v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 10, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Cooper , GDC# 1084284, Hays State Prison, P.O. Box 668 Trion, Georgia 30753, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Ashleigh Dene Headrick , DEPARTMENT OF LAW, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, John Richard Edwards , A.D.A., Kaitlin Doyle Southmayd , A.D.A., COBB COUNTY DISTRICT, ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 70 Haynes Street, Marietta, Georgia 30090, D. Victor Reynolds , District Attorney, COBB COUNTY DISTRICT, ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, 70 Haynes Street Marietta, Georgia 30090-9638, for Appellee.


Melvin Cooper appeals from the denial of his second motion for leave to take an out-of-time appeal. The earlier denial of his first motion for an out-of-time appeal, however, settled the question of whether he is entitled to an out-of-time appeal, and the matter is now res judicata. For that reason, the denial of his second motion...

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