Gibson v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

Patrick Gibson, pro se, appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for out-of-time appeal. For reasons that follow, we affirm.

1. In 1984, appellant pled guilty to one count of murder in a negotiated plea deal in which the State agreed to withdraw its intent to seek the death penalty and allowed a second count for cocaine possession to be disposed as a nolle prosequi. In June 2011, appellant moved for an out-of-time appeal which the trial court denied on July 22, 2011. On appeal, appellant restates grounds made to the trial court, generally complaining that his plea…