Houston v. State

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Appellant Thomas Houston challenges the trial court’s order denying his motion for an out-of-time appeal from his 2008 convictions by guilty pleas to two murders and numerous other crimes in connection with a series of home invasions targeting Hispanic victims in Columbus. Pretermitting whether Appellant has shown a proper excuse for not filing a timely appeal, the record shows that he is not entitled to an out-of-time appeal. Accordingly, we affirm.

1. The home invasions began on February 16, 2007, and ended on the night of April 8,2007, when Marcelo Rivera and 15-year-old…