Reese v. State

I agree that these appeals should be dismissed pursuant to the procedure set forth in Rowland v. State, 264 Ga. 872 (452 SE2d 756) (1995) and that the language set forth at the end of the majority opinion should be incorporated in the form dismissal order. I write separately because I do not agree with the majority’s criticisms of Mitchell v. State, 214 Ga. App. 69 (447 SE2d 140) (1994).

I concurred in the majority opinion in Mitchell because the procedure it set forth ensured the defendant’s awareness of his right to an out-of-time appeal and how to exercise it, while the procedure set forth…