On August 24, 2006, Jovan D. LaFette entered a negotiated guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. He was sentenced by the trial court to serve a total of fifteen years in prison. On September 8, 2006, LaFette moved to withdraw his guilty plea, but the trial court dismissed the motion, concluding that it was not timely filed. Thereafter, LaFette filed a “Motion for Direct Appeal of Verdict by Guilty Plea” on September 13, 2006. On September 23, 2006, the trial court entered an order directing the clerk of court to treat the motion as a timely notice of appeal. LaFette appeals, alleging 21 enumerations of error. For reasons that follow, we affirm portions of LaFette’s appeal and dismiss the remainder. 1. To the extent LaFette’s appeal can be construed as a challenge to the trial court’s dismissal of his motion to withdraw his plea, we find no error. LaFette’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea was filed after the term of court in which sentence was imposed.1 “The superior court’s jurisdiction to entertain a motion to withdraw a guilty plea ends after the term of court in which the judgment of conviction was rendered.”2 And “it is well established that after the expiration of the term and of the time for filing an appeal from the conviction, the only remedy available to the defendant for withdrawing a plea is through habeas corpus proceedings.”3 Accordingly, the trial court properly dismissed LaFette’s motion to withdraw his plea.4
2. We must also address the issues raised in LaFette’s direct appeal. Specifically, he argues that he was denied effective assistance of counsel and that his plea was not voluntary or proper. A defendant may challenge a judgment entered on a guilty plea in a timely filed direct appeal “where the question on appeal is one which may be resolved by facts appearing in the record.”5 Thus, we address the merits of LaFette’s appeal “if, and only if, the questions that he seeks to raise on appeal may be resolved by facts appearing in the record, including the transcript of his guilty plea hearing.”6
