Spencer v. State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

In the middle of his trial on numerous felonies in 1999, Anthony Bernard Spencer entered into negotiated pleas of guilty and was sentenced to a total of 40 years to serve. In March 2010, he filed motions to withdraw his plea and for an out-of-time appeal. The trial court denied the motion for an out-of-time appeal because Spencer had not demonstrated he was entitled to a direct appeal from his guilty pleas. The court also dismissed Spencer’s motion to withdraw the plea because it was not filed during the term of court in which the judgment on the convictions was…