Lewis v. State

Ellington, Judge.

Darrell Lewis appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for an out-of-time appeal. Finding no error, we affirm.

An out-of-time appeal serves as the remedy for a frustrated right of appeal for a criminal defendant whose conviction has not been reviewed by an appellate court. It is the means by which a criminal defendant who lost his right to direct appeal of his criminal conviction due to counsel’s negligence, ignorance, or misinterpretation of the law may gain that appellate review.

(Citations and punctuation omitted.) Jackson v. State, 280 Ga. 27, 28 (622 SE2d 356)…