Conway v. State

I respectfully dissent because it appears that the Court does not have jurisdiction of the case.

Defendant was sentenced on February 5. Upon receipt on February 13 of a letter to the court from trial counsel, the court appointed the Fulton County Public Defender’s Office to represent defendant “in any and all appeals from this date forward.”

A motion for new trial was filed March 3 by new counsel, and defendant pro se filed an amendment July 23. In the meantime, sentence review was undertaken at the request of defendant, who filed the application on February 18.

The trial transcript was filed…