Dwayne Cotton v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ May 01, 2026 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A26D0475. DWAYNE COTTON v. THE STATE. After entering a guilty plea, Dwayne Cotton filed a motion for an out-of-time appeal. The trial court denied the motion and Cotton appealed. We held that the trial court should have dismissed the motion for an out-of-time appeal rather than denying it pursuant to Cook v. State, 313 Ga. 471, 506(5) ( 870 SE2d 758) (2022). Case No. A22A1105 (April 14, 2022). On September 6, 2023, the trial court dismissed the underlying…