Ferguson v. State

SUMMARY OPINION GRANTING PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

C. JOHNSON, Judge.

¶ 1 On January 14, 2004, Petitioner, Timothy Lee Ferguson, entered a negotiated plea of nolo contendere to the crime of First-Degree Rape in Comanche County District Court Case No. CF-2003-414. Pursuant to the agreement, the district court sentenced Petitioner to twenty years imprisonment and fined him $1000. In March 2004, Petitioner, acting pro se, sought an appeal out of time. The district court recommended that a late appeal be granted, and by order issued July 23, 2004, this Court granted Petitioner an out-of-time…