MOORE v. OLIVER  ·  2024-11-26  ·  S.D. Georgia  ·  pin 308 Ga. at 337

“A defendant seeking an out-of-time appeal ‘must allege and prove an excuse of constitutional magnitude for failing to file a timely direct appeal,’ usually by showing that counsel’s ineffectiveness deprived the defendant of the right to an appeal.”

CHERYL ROMICH v. ALL SECURE, INC.  ·  2021-10-08  ·  Court of Appeals of Georgia  ·  pin 840 S.E.2d at 357

“[I]f [appellant] in fact was abandoned by her counsel while she was still formally represented, she could not have filed a notice of appeal, as she alleges she desired to do; any pro se filing in this regard would have been a nullity.”