Snelson v. State

HUNSTEIN, Justice.

Xavier Keith Snelson, Jr., appeals the denial of his motion for an out-of-time direct appeal; finding no error, we affirm.

In October 2005, a Cobb County grand jury indicted Snelson for the July 5, 2005 murder, felony murder and aggravated assault of Natilya Smith. In May 2006, Snelson pled guilty to the counts as alleged in his indictment. He was sentenced to life in prison for malice murder; the remaining counts were either merged into the malice murder or vacated by operation of law. See *359Malcolm v. State, 263 Ga. 369 (4), 434 S.E.2d 479 (1993).

In October 2009, Snelson…