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o f t h e S t a te o f

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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 9 A0 60 4 . THE STATE v . VI CTOR HENDERSON.

A1 9 A0 60 5 . THE STATE v . BENNI E W I LLI S.

Th e St at e h as ch arg ed co -d efen d an t s Vi ct or Hen d ers on an d Ben n i e W i l l s wi th

s eco n d -d eg ree b u rg l a r y an d t h eft by recei v i n g

. Th e defen d an t s m o v ed t o s u p p res s

s t at em en t s t h ey al l eg ed l y m ad e t o l a w en fo rcem en t o ffi cers

, an d

, aft er a Ja cks o n

Den no 1 h eari n g

, t he t ri al co urt g ran t ed t h e m o t i o n an d o rd ered t h at t h e st at em en t s

wo u l d be ex cl u d ed fr o m t h e ev i d en ce p res en t ed at t ri al

. Th e St at e t h en fi l ed t h es e

n o t i ces o f ap p eal

. W e, h owev er, l ack ju ri s d ict i o n b ecau s e th e t ri al co u rt ’ s ru l i n g h as

n o t b een red u ced t o wri ti n g

.

Pu rs uan t t o OCGA § 5 -7 -1 (a) (4 ), in a cri m i nal cas e t h e St at e m ay fi l e a d i rect

ap p eal fro m a p ret ri al deci s io n wh i ch su p p res s es ev i den ce o n th e g ro un d t h at i t was

i l l eg al ly s ei zed

. T h e Su p rem e Co u rt h as h el d t h at t h i s p ro v i si o n co v ers a p ret r i a l

o rd er, i s s u ed aft er a Ja cks o n Den n o h eari n g

, t h at g ran t ed a defen d an t ’ s m o t i o n to

s u p p res s h i s s t at em en t as i n v o l u n t ary

. S ta t e v. An d ra d e

, 2 98 Ga. 4 6 4 (7 8 2 SE2 d 6 6 5 )

(2 0 1 6). Here, as i n An d

ra d e , t he t ri al co u rt h el d a Ja cks on D en n o heari ng an d t h en

g ran t ed t h e d efen d an t s’ m o t i o n t o s u p p res s o n t he g ro un d t h at t h e s t at em en t s were

i n v o l u n t ary

. T h u s

, t h e St at e’ s ap p eal fro m t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s ru l i n g fal l s wi t h i n t h e

s co p e o f OCGA § 5 -7 -1 (a) (4 ).

Th e reco rd o n ap p eal , h o wev er, d o es n o t i n cl ud e a wri tt en o rd er g ran t i n g t h e

m o ti o n t o su p p res s

. “ It i s el em en t a r y t h at an o ral o rd er i s n o t fi nal n o r ap p eal ab l e

u n t i l an d u n l es s i t i s red u ced t o wri t i n g

, s i g n ed b y t h e ju dg e, an d fi l ed w i th t he cl erk .”

1 See Ja cks o n v. Den n o , 3 7 8 U. S. 3 6 8 (8 4 SC 1 7 7 4 , 1 2 LE2 d 9 0 8 ) (1 9 6 4 ). November 20, 2018S

h a r p v. S t a t e

, 1 8 3 G a

. A p p

. 6 4 1

, 6 4 2 (1 ) (3 6 0 SE2 d 5 0 ) (1 9 87 ). Th ere i s an

ex cep t i o n wh en th e reco rd “ affi rm at i v el y s h o ws t h at th e St at e req u es t ed t h e t ri al co u rt

t o pu t t he o ral o rd ers i n wri t t en fo rm an d t h at t he t ri al co u rt refu s ed t o d o s o .” S t a t e

v. L y n c h

, 2 8 6 Ga. 9 8

, 9 9 (6 8 6 SE2 d 2 4 4 ) (2 0 0 9 ) (p u n ct u at i o n o m i t ted ). See al s o

S t a t e v. Ki

pp l e

, 29 4 Ga. Ap p

. 4 2 0

, 4 2 2 (2 ) (6 6 9 SE2 d 1 8 5 ) (2 0 0 8 ). In t h i s cas e, t h e

reco rd o n ap p eal d o es n o t refl ect an y su ch a f f i r m a t i v e req u es t b y t h e St at e. 2

Co n s eq u en t l y

, we l ack ju ri s d ict i o n t o rev i ew t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s ru l i n g

, an d t h es e ap p eal s

are 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 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

.

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

.

2 T h e cl erk o f t h e t ri al co u rt sen t a l et t er t o o ur Cl erk

, st at in g t hat t h ere i s n o

“ Fi nal Ord er Su pp re s s i n g t h e Defen d an t s ’ St at em en t t o Law En fo rcem en t.” As an

at t ach m en t t o t h i s l et t er, t h e cl erk p ro v i d ed an em ai l fro m t he p ro s ecu t o r i n wh i ch h e

ad v is ed t h at t h e ju dg e w o ul d n o t b e en t eri n g a wri t t en o rd er. T h e reco rd i t s el f,

h o wev er, d o es n o t refl ect t h at t h e St at e as k ed t h e ju d g e t o en t er a wri t t en o rd er an d

t h e ju dg e d en i ed t h at req u es t

. 11/20/2018