Harvey v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia vacated the trial court's denial of Holly Harvey's out‑of‑time appeal and motion to modify her sentences, remanding both with instructions to dismiss them, and affirmed the trial court's dismissal of her untimely motion to withdraw her guilty pleas. The Court relied on Cook v. State’s elimination of the out‑of‑time‑appeal procedure, statutory limits on sentence modification, and the rule that a guilty‑plea withdrawal must be filed in the same term as sentencing.