Luis E. Rojas v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
• Decided: October 20, 2017
• Docket: A18A0150
• Status: Published

Opinion

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________ October 13, 2017

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A18A0150. LUIS E. ROJAS v. THE STATE.

Luis E. Rojas, while represented by counsel, was convicted of multiple felonies in May 2017. That same month, Rojas filed a pro se notice of appeal. Among other things therein, Rojas states that he wishes to be appointed counsel for purposes of pursing a direct appeal. We thus REMAND this case for the trial court’s consideration of whether Rojas is entitled to be appointed counsel.1 Upon entry of the trial court’s ruling, this case shall be transmitted to this Court and re-docketed on the original notice of appeal.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 10/13/2017 I certify that the above is a true extract from the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia. Witness my signature and the seal of said court hereto affixed the day and year last above written.

, Clerk.

1 See generally Trauth v. State, 295 Ga. 874, 875-876 (1) (2014) (“[I]t is beyond question that an indigent has the right to appointed counsel to assist him on direct appeal; and, an individual desiring an appeal need not, once a responsible state authority knows of the desire to appeal and knows of the status of indigency, specifically request appointment of appellate counsel.”) (citations and punctuation omitted).