Baptiste v. State

Miller, Judge.

Daryl Baptiste pled guilty to two counts of aggravated assault and two counts of false imprisonment. Following sentencing, he appealed his conviction on various grounds (including ineffective assistance of trial counsel), which grounds this Court reviewed and found meritless. Baptiste v. State, 229 Ga. App. 691 (494 SE2d 530) (1997). Years later, Baptiste moved the trial court for an out-of-time appeal so he could assert entirely new grounds, which motion the court denied. He appeals the order denying his motion for out-of-time appeal. We affirm on the ground that an out-of-time…