Heard v. State

Benham, Justice.

Appellant Isiah Heard and his co-defendant, Morrell Ashford, were convicted of and sentenced for the murder of Jerald Manley and the aggravated assaults of Darrin Burgess and Anthony Cleveland. We affirmed Ashford’s convictions in Ashford v. State, 271 Ga. 148 (518 SE2d 420) (1999).

1. “ Tt is the duty of this court to raise the question of its jurisdiction in all cases in which there may be any doubt as to the existence of such jurisdiction.’ ” Rowland v. State, 264 Ga. 872 (1) (452 SE2d 756) (1995). In the case at bar, there is a question whether appellant filed a timely…