Cook v. State

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following the trial court’s denial of his motion for an out-of-time appeal and motion to withdraw his guilty plea to two counts of aggravated assault and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, James D. Cook appeals, contending that the trial court abused its discretion. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

The record shows that Cook pled guilty to two counts of aggravated assault and one count of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon on July 29, 1996. Almost seven years later, on May 9, 2003, Cook filed a motion for an out-of-time…