# C o u rt o f

A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

G eo rg ia

ATLANTA,_

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Th e Co u rt

o f Ap p ea l s h er eb y p a s s es t h e f

o ll owi n g o r der :

A1 8 A2 09 9 . NORMAN EUGENE PARKER v . THE STATE.

Fo l l owi n g a ju ry t ri al

, No rm an Eu g en e Park er was c o n v i c t ed o f en teri n g an

au t o m ob i l e wi t h i n t en t t o co m m i t t h eft an d o b s t ru ct i o n o f a l aw en fo rcem en t o ffi cer.

Th i s Co u rt affi rm ed h i s co n vi ct i o n s o n d i rect ap p eal

. Pa r k e r v

. S t a t e

, Cas e No

.

A1 4 A0 65 6 (affi rm ed J u n e 1 8

, 2 0 14 ). In S e p t em b er 2 0 1 7

, Park er fi l ed a m o t i o n to

v acat e a v o i d sen t en ce, cl ai m i n g t h at h i s sen t en ces were v o i d b ecau s e t he tri al co u rt

erred i n i m

po s i n g co n s ecu t i v e sen t en ces an d erred i n sen t en ci n g h im as a reci d i v i s t

.

Th e t ri al co u rt d i sm i s s ed th e m o t io n o n Ap ri l 1 7 , 2 0 1 8 , an d Park er fi l ed t h i s ap p eal

o n M ay 2 5 , 2 0 18

.

Pret erm it t i n g wh et h er Park er m ay d i rect l y ap peal t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s o rd er, 1

Park er’ s ap p eal i s u n t i m e l y. A n o t i ce of ap p eal m u s t b e fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0 day s aft er

en t ry o f t h e o rd er t o be ap p eal ed

. OCGA § 5 -6 -3 8 (a). Th e p ro p er an d t i m el y fi l i n g

o f a n o t i ce o f ap p eal i s an ab s o l u t e req u i rem en t t o co n fer ju ri sd i ct i o n o n th i s Co u rt

.

Ro wl a n d v. S t a te

, 2 6 4 Ga. 8 7 2

, 8 7 2 (1 ) (4 5 2 SE2 d 7 5 6 ) (1 9 9 5 ). Here, Park er fi l ed h i s

1 An ap p eal m ay l i e fro m an o rd er d en y i n g a m o t i o n t o v acat e a v o id s en t en ce

i f t h e d efen d an t rai s es a co l o rab l e cl ai m t hat t h e s en t en ce i s , i n fact

, v o i d o r i l l eg al

. See H a rp er v. S t a t e

, 2 8 6 Ga. 2 1 6

, 2 1 7 n

. 1 (1 ) (6 86 SE2 d 7 8 6 ) (2 00 9 ); Bu r g v. S t a t e

, 2 9 7 Ga. Ap p

. 1 1 8

, 1 1 9 (6 76 SE2 d 4 6 5 ) (2 0 0 9). A s en t en ce i s v o i d o n l y i f i t i m p o s es

p u n i s h m en t t h at t h e l aw d o es n ot al lo w. Cr u mb l ey v. S t a t e

, 2 6 1 Ga. 6 1 0

, 6 1 1 (1 ) (4 0 9

SE2 d 5 1 7 ) (1 99 1 ). “ M o t i o n s t o v acat e a v o i d s en t en ce g en eral l y are l i m i t ed t o cl ai m s

t h a t

– ev en as s u m in g t h e ex i s t en ce an d v al i d it y o f t h e co n v ict i on fo r wh i ch t h e

s en t en ce was im

p o s ed

– t he l aw d o es n ot au t h o ri ze t h at s en t en ce, m o s t t y p i cal l y

b ecau s e i t ex ceed s t h e m o st s ev ere p u n i s h m en t fo r wh ich t he ap p l i cab l e p en al s t at u t e

p ro v id es .” Vo n Th o ma s v. S t a t e , 2 9 3 Ga. 5 69 , 5 7 2 (2 ) (7 4 8 SE2 d 4 4 6 ) (2 0 1 3 ). August 07, 2018n o t i ce of ap p eal 38 d ay s aft er t h e t ri al co urt ’ s d i s m i s s al o rd er. Acco rd i n g l y

, t h i s

ap p eal i s h ereb y

DISM ISSED fo r l ack o f ju ri s di ct i o n

.

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f G e o r g ia

C le r k ’ s O f f i c e

, A t la n t a

,

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I c e r ti fy t h a t t h e a b o v e i s a t r u e e x t r a c t f r o m

t h e m i n u t e s o

f t h e C o u r t o

f A p p e a l s o f G e o r g i a

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f s a i d c o u r t

h e r e t o a f f i x e d t h e d a y a n d y e a r l a s t a b o v e w r i t t e n

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, C l e r k

. 08/07/2018