James Kemp v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,__________________ March 21, 2013 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A13D0264. JAMES KEMP v. THE STATE. James Kemp pled guilty to kidnapping and other crimes. He later filed a motion seeking, among other things, to withdraw his guilty plea. The trial court dismissed the motion, and Kemp filed this application for discretionary appeal, as well as a direct appeal that has been docketed as A13A1392. A trial court’s order resolving a motion to withdraw a guilty plea, even an untimely one, is directly appealable. See Smith v.…