Griffith v. State

Smith, Judge.

In 1991, Minnie Butler Griffith was found guilty by a jury of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. After the judgment of conviction and sentence were entered on the jury’s verdict, Griffith obtained new counsel, who filed a motion for new trial. No timely appeal was filed from the denial of that motion.

Griffith eventually filed a pro se motion for out-of-time appeal, which was granted in March 1994. Counsel was appointed for Griffith, and this lawyer filed an extraordinary motion for new trial in September 1994. After the denial of that motion, Griffith’s counsel…