Brown v. State

Benham, Justice.

Robert Jermaine Brown pled guilty in 1997 in Crisp County to malice murder and armed robbery. In 2005, he filed a pleading containing a motion to withdraw his guilty plea and a motion for out-of-time appeal. The trial court denied the motions without a hearing.

1. “The trial court’s authority to grant a motion to withdraw a guilty plea ends after the expiration of the term of court in which the plea was entered. [Cit.]” Nguyen v. State, 279 Ga. 875 (621 SE2d 463) (2005). Since Crisp County has multiple terms of court each year (OCGA§ 15-6-3 (13) (B)), and eight years…