Cabell v. State

Judge Harold R. Banke.

Stephen Douglas Cabell pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and the court pronounced judgment and imposed sentence. In June 1995, four terms later, Cabell moved to withdraw his plea. The superior court denied the motion, and this appeal ensued. Held-.

A superior court’s jurisdiction to consider a motion to withdraw a guilty plea ends after the term of court in which the judgment of conviction is rendered. Stuckey v. State, 204 Ga. App. 793, 794 (1) (420 SE2d 655) (1992). The judgment in the instant case was pronounced during the September 1994…