Opinion
57462.
SUBMITTED MARCH 8, 1979.
DECIDED MARCH 16, 1979.
Burglary, etc. Bibb Superior Court. Before Judge Morgan.
Leroy Jenkins, pro se. W. Donald Thompson, District Attorney, Thomas J. Matthews, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.
On January 9, 1978, after a jury was empaneled and with the assistance of counsel, appellant withdrew his plea of not guilty of theft of a motor vehicle and entered a guilty plea. On the same day, he was sentenced to twenty years in a state penitentiary. On December 20, 1978, some eleven months after sentencing, he filed a pro se notice of appeal although no motion interceded to extend the time for filing an appeal. Held:
This appeal must be dismissed as it was not filed within thirty days after sentence was entered. Code Ann. § 6-803.
Appeal dismissed. McMurray and Shulman, JJ., concur.