Billy Tharpe Pierce v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ August 02, 2018 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A18A1920. BILLY THARPE PIERCE v. THE STATE. In 2011, Billy Tharpe Pierce pled guilty to two counts of aggravated assault and one count of cruelty to children in the first degree, and the trial court sentenced him to a total of 60 years’ imprisonment. This Court affirmed his convictions on direct appeal. See Pierce v. State, Case No. A12A0269 (affirmed May 11, 2012). Recently, Pierce filed a motion for an out-of-time appeal, which the trial court denied…