State v. Ross

DUFRESNE, Judge.

Wylie C. Ross pled guilty on April 7, 1987, to the offense of armed robbery. Following the return of a pre-sentence investigation, he was sentenced by Judge Walter Kollin to serve twenty-five years imprisonment at hard labor without benefit of parole, probation or suspension of sentence. Although defense counsel objected to the sentence as severe at the time of sentencing, no motion for appeal was filed until June 22, 1987.

The appeal is untimely. C.Cr.P. art. 914 states:

A motion for an appeal may be made orally in open court or by filing a written motion with the clerk. The…