# 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 :

A2 1 A0 20 8 . GEORGE MCCULLI GH v

. THE STATE.

In 1 9 8 3

, Geo rg e M cCu l l i g h was co n vi ct ed o f rap e, a ggr a v a t e d ba t te r

y

, r ob b ery

,

an d b u rg l ary

, fo r wh i ch h e was sen t en ced t o l i fe p lu s t wen t y y ears i n p ri s o n

. H i s

co n vi ct i o n s were affi rm ed o n di rect ap p eal

. See McCu l l i g h v. S t a te

, 1 69 Ga. Ap p

. 7 1 7

(3 1 4 SE2 d 7 2 4 ) (1 9 8 4 ). In M arch 2 0 2 0

, M cCu l l i g h fi l ed a m o ti o n s eek i ng a co p y o f

t h e i n d i ct m en t an d t ran s cri pt fro m h i s cri m i n al cas e. In h i s m o ti o n

, h e as s ert ed t h at

h e n eed ed t h e i n d i ct m en t an d t ran s cri p t fo r p o s t -co nv i ct i o n rel i ef b as ed o n n ew

i n fo rm at i o n

. M cCu l l i g h d i d n o t at t ach t o hi s m o t i on a co p y o f a hab eas p et it i o n o r an

affi d av i t. Th e t ri al co u rt d en i ed M cCu ll i gh ’ s m ot i o n b e c a u s e h e fai l ed t o at t ach a

co p y of an y p ro p o s ed o r pen d i n g h ab eas co rp us p et it i o n

, an d t h ereb y h e fai l ed to

s h o w n eces s it y

o r ju s t i fi cat i o n

. M cCu l l ig h t h en fi led t h i s d i rect ap p eal

.

“ [W ] h i l e an i n d ig en t i s e n t i t l ed t o a co p y o f h i s t ri al t ran s cri p t fo r a d i rect

ap p eal o f h i s co n v i ct i on

, s u ch i s n o t t h e cas e i n co l l at eral p o s t -co n v i ct i o n

p ro ceed in g s

. Aft er t he t i m e fo r ap p eal h as ex p i red t h ere is n o d u e p ro ces s o r eq u al

p ro t ect i o n r i g h t t o a free co p y of on e’ s co u rt reco rd s ab s en t a sh o w i n g o f n eces s i t y

o r j u s t i fi c a t i o n .” S

ch o i cket v. S t a t e

, 3 0 4 Ga. 25 5

, 2 5 5 (8 1 8 SE2 d 5 6 1 ) (2 0 1 8 ).

M cCu l li g h al read y recei v ed a co p y o f h i s tran s cri p t fo r h i s d i rect ap peal

, an d h e h as

f a i l e d t o s h o w t h at h e i s no w p u rs u i n g a h ab eas act i o n. Th u s

, h e fai l ed t o m ak e a

s h o wi n g o f n eces s i t y o r ju s t i fi cat i o n

. See Myd el l v. Cl er k, S

u p er io r Co u rt o

f Ch a t h a m

Co u n t y

, 2 4 1 Ga. 2 4

, 25 (2 4 3 SE2 d 7 2 ) (1 9 7 8 ) ( h o l d i n g t h at a req u es t fo r tran s cri pt

s h o u ld b e acco m

p an i ed b y an affi dav i t s et t i n g o u t, i n t er al i a, t h e p art i c u l a r r e a so n

wh y a t ran s cri p t i s n eces s ary an d at tach i n g t h e pen d i n g or p ro p o s ed h ab eas p et i t i o n ).

Acco rd in g ly

, “ t he t ri al c our t should ha ve dis m i s s ed [M cCu l l i g h ’ s] m o ti o n as a n u l l i t y

, October 02, 2020an d h e h as n o th in g co g n izab l e t o ap p eal .” Hen der s o n v. S t a t e

, 3 0 3 Ga. 2 4 1, 2 4 4 (2 )

(8 1 1 SE2 d 3 8 8 ) (2 0 1 8 ); acco rd S ch o i cket

, 3 0 4 Ga. at 2 5 5 . Acco rd i n g l y , t h i s ap p eal

i s h ereb y DISM ISSED.

C o u r t o f A p p e a l s o f t h e S t a t e o

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 t i f y th 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

. W i tn e s s m y s i g n a t u r e a n d t h e s e a l o

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

.

, C l e r k

. 10/02/2020