502 S.E.2d 741 | Ga. Ct. App. | 1998
On September 24, 1996, Leroy Syms, while represented by legal counsel, pled guilty to eight counts of forgery, nine counts of theft by receiving stolen checks and one count of financial transaction card theft. The trial court sentenced Syms to ten-year concurrent terms on each forgery count, twelve months on each theft by receiving stolen checks, and three years on the financial transaction card theft. On December 23, 1996, the trial court denied Syms’ pro se Motion for Modification of Sentence.
Syms’ notice of appeal was untimely. “A notice of appeal shall be
Appeal dismissed.
Syms did not file the motion for modification of sentence with the Clerk of the Court, but apparently forwarded it by U.S. mail directly to the trial judge. The trial court filed the motion on December 31, 1996.