Legal Question in Criminal Law in Georgia

Child Molestation and Aggraveted Child Molestation

I have a friend who is incarcerated for child molestation and aggraveted child molestation. He got a court appointed attorney who didn't even seem to care about the case. He's been locked up for 3 years now. He's been trying to contact the lawyer, for over a year, with no luck. He wants to file an appeal. What should he be doing to try and get some help? And if it's something he (or I) can do, what would we need to file?


Asked on 2/25/04, 11:45 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Jim Hough Thomas J. Hough, Jr., P.C.

Re: Child Molestation and Aggraveted Child Molestation

Your friend has been convicted. He wants to file an appeal. It is now three years after his conviction. The appointed attorney who tried the case to begin with, would not, under ordinary circumstances, be his lawyer on appeal.

A notice of appeal should be filed within thirty (30) days of the entry of the sentence on conviction. That time has long since expired. Whether there is the basis for an out of time appeal can not be determined from the facts you have provided.

I have made several assumptions in responding and I might not have assumed properly. If not, I will try to give a better answer if provided more information.

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Answered on 2/26/04, 10:24 am


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