Golden v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

On April 13, 2004, Allen P Golden, while represented by counsel, pled guilty to a single count of child molestation. Golden seeks to challenge his conviction through an out-of-time appeal and he now appeals, pro se, from the trial court’s denial of his motion seeking such an appeal. Discerning no error, we affirm.

“The denial of a motion for an out-of-time appeal is a matter within the discretion of the trial court, and the trial court’s decision will not be reversed absent abuse of such discretion.” (Punctuation omitted.) Syms v. State. “As the movant, [Golden…