Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ February 07, 2017 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A17D0260. CHARLES AVERY BROWN v. THE STATE.

Following a 2016 guilty plea, Charles Avery Brown filed a motion for an out- of-time appeal.1 The trial court denied the motion, and Brown filed this timely application for discretionary appeal.

The denial of a motion for an out-of-time appeal is directly appealable.

Lunsford v. State, 237 Ga. App. 696, 696 (515 SE2d 198) (1999); see also Wetherington v. State, 296 Ga. 451 (769 SE2d 53) (2015) (addressing merits of direct appeal from denial of motion for out-of-time appeal following guilty plea).

Accordingly, this application for discretionary appeal is hereby GRANTED pursuant to OCGA § 5-6-35 (j). Brown shall have ten days from the date of this order to file his notice of appeal in the trial court if he has not already done so. OCGA § 5-6-35

Brown has appeared before this Court in other cases. See Case Nos. A15D0270 (decided March 12, 2015); A15I0247 (decided July 24, 2015); A15D0489 (decided August 6, 2015). (g). The clerk of the trial court is DIRECTED to include a copy of this order in the record transmitted to the Court of Appeals.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 02/07/2017 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.