In the Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided: January 20, 2015
S14A1706. ALLEN v. THE STATE.
MELTON, Justice.
On October 27, 1997, Thomas Isaac Allen entered a guilty plea to the
charges of murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, and burglary, and he was
sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Since that time, Allen has filed
a number of motions. On November 21, 2000, Allen filed a motion to withdraw
his plea, which the trial court denied on February 20, 2001. Approximately one
year later, Allen filed an extraordinary motion for new trial, and that motion was
denied on March 11, 2002. Then, on July 20, 2005, Allen filed a motion for an
out-of-time appeal and appointment of counsel. These motions were denied on
October 6, 2005, and, like all of the former motions, they were never appealed.
On December 20, 2013, Allen filed a motion for an out-of-time direct appeal
and another request for appointment of counsel. On March 4, 2014, the trial
court denied both motions, finding that Allen had no unqualified right to a direct
appeal, Kennedy v. State, 319 Ga. App. 498 (735 SE2d 819) (2012), and that the
claims of ineffective assistance of counsel he wished to raise could not be
resolved solely by facts in the record. Id. On May 12, 2014, the trial court
granted Allen’s motion for an out-of-time appeal of the March 4th order denying
his request for an out-of-time direct appeal.
Allen, acting pro se, subsequently appealed to this Court, and he filed a
document designated as his brief which contains ten bare enumerations of error,
the majority of which do not directly relate to the specific ruling of the trial
court subject to appeal. Allen, however, has failed to provide this Court with any
arguments or citation of authority to support his contentions, whether in his brief
or any subsequent filing. As a result, Allen must be considered to have
abandoned his enumerations of error. See Ruffin v. State, 283 Ga. 87, 89 (11)
(656 SE2d 140) (2008).
Judgment affirmed. All the Justices concur.
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