Cobb v. State

CARLEY, Justice.

In 1990, Ronnie Cobb entered a guilty plea to a charge of felony murder. The trial court accepted the plea, and sentenced him to life in prison. Within 30 days, trial counsel filed a motion for new trial, but subsequently failed to pursue it. However, the trial court, having appointed new appellate counsel to represent Cobb, elected to treat the pending motion as one to withdraw the guilty plea. After conducting a hearing, the trial court denied Cobb’s motion in 1997.

Thereafter, Cobb filed a series of pro se motions for out-of-time appeal, all of which were denied. In 2007, he…