State v. Payne

DON E. BURRELL, Presiding Judge.

In November 1995, Timmy Payne (“Appellant”) pleaded guilty to the crime of burglary and was sentenced to a seven-year term of imprisonment in the Department of Corrections. Fifteen years later, in December 2010, Appellant filed a motion in his criminal case asking the trial court to vacate his conviction based on a claim of actual innocence. After the trial court denied his motion, Appellant filed this appeal.

Because we lack the necessary statutory authority to hear Appellant’s appeal, we must dismiss it.

“There is no right to appeal without statutory…