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Pineda v. State

The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's motion for an out-of-time appeal, as his claims either can be resolved against him or cannot be resolved from the existing record.

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In 2011, after pleading guilty to conspiracy to commit trafficking in methamphetamine and conspiracy to commit trafficking in cocaine, Jose Pineda was convicted of those offenses. He did not timely appeal from the convictions, but in 2013 he filed a motion for an out-of-time appeal, which the trial court denied. Pineda appeals from the denial of that motion. Because, based on the existing record, his claims either can be resolved against him or cannot be resolved, we affirm.

Out-of-time appeals “are designed to address the constitutional concerns that arise when a criminal defendant is denied his first appeal of right because the counsel to which he was constitutionally entitled to assist him in that appeal was professionally deficient in not advising him to file a timely appeal and that deficiency caused prejudice.” Stephens v. State, 291 Ga. 837, 837-838 733 SE2d 266 2012 citations omitted. Where, as here, a defendant seeks an out-of-time appeal from a conviction entered on a guilty plea, we consider whether the issues that the defendant seeks to appeal

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