Anderson v. State

Phipps, Judge.

James Hoyt Anderson appeals from the trial court’s order denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Finding no error, we affirm.

On February 2, 2000, the Lumpkin County Superior Court rendered a judgment of conviction on Anderson’s Alford1 plea to an indictment. On March 3, 2000, Anderson filed a motion to withdraw *421his plea. By then, however, a new term of court had commenced (on the fourth Monday in February 2000).2 As Anderson acknowledges, “a superior court’s jurisdiction to entertain a motion to withdraw a plea ends after the term of court in which the judgment of…