Steve Usher v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,_________________ June 06, 2012 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A12A1868. STEVE USHER v. THE STATE. In 1997, Steve Usher was convicted of trafficking and selling cocaine and sentenced to life imprisonment. We affirmed his convictions on appeal. Usher v. State,

236 Ga. App. 663

( 512 SE2d 380) (1999). He later filed motions for out-of- time appeal and to vacate a void judgment and conviction. The trial court denied both motions, and Usher appeals. “An out-of-time appeal is a judicial creation that serves as the remedy for a…