# 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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The Co ur t

o f Ap p ea l s her eb y p a s s es t he fo l l o wi ng o r d er :

A2 0 D0 42 2 . W I LLI AM G. MI TCHELL v . THE STATE.

In Au g u s t 20 1 2

, W i l l i am G. Mi t ch el l p l ed g ui l t y t o o n e co u n t o f t h eft by

t ak i n g , fo r wh ich h e recei v ed a t en -y ear p ro b at e d s en t en ce. In No vem b er 2 0 1 9

, t h e

t ri al co u rt rev o k ed part o f Mi t ch el l ’ s p ro bat i o n an d req u i red h i m t o s erv e 1 6 0 t o 1 8 0

d ay s i n t h e Pro b at i o n Det en t i o n Cen t er fo l lo wed b y su b st an ce ab u s e t reat m en t

. Th e

St at e s u b s eq u en t l y f

i l ed an o t h er p et i t i o n fo r pro b at i o n rev ocat i o n o n Feb ru ary 3,

2 0 2 0

, an d M i t ch el l w a s s ch ed u l ed t o ap p ear fo r a h eari n g o n M arch 1 9

, 2 0 2 0.

M i t ch el l fi l ed a m o t i o n fo r co n t i n uan ce an d a m o t i on t o recu s e t h e t ri al ju d g e. O n

M arch 3 0

, 20 2 0

, t h e tri al co u rt d en ied t h e m o ti o n fo r co n t i n u an ce an d di s m i s s ed t h e

m o ti o n t o recu s e, an d , o n M ay 1 1

, 2 02 0

, M i t ch el l fi led an ap p eal ch al l en g i n g t h es e

o rd ers i n t h e Geo rg i a Su p rem e Co u rt

, wh ich d o ck et ed t h e ap p eal as an ap p l i cat i o n fo r

d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal

. 1 A ft er fi n d in g n o bas i s fo r ex e rci s i n g i ts ju ri s d ict i o n , t h e

Su p rem e Co u rt t ran sferred t h e ap p l i cat i o n t o t h is Co u rt

. See Cas e No

. S2 0 D1 2 4 8

(t ran sferred J u n e 8 , 2 0 2 0 ). W e, h o wev er, al s o l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n

. Becau s e i t ap p ears t h a t n o fi n al ju d g m en t has b een en t ered i n t h e p ro b at i o n

rev o cat i on p ro ceed i n g an d t h e cas e rem ai n s p en d i n g b el o w, th e o rd ers M i t ch el l s eek s

t o ap p eal are i n t erl o cu to ry

. Al t h o u g h M i t ch el l fi l ed an ap p l i cat i on fo r d i s cret i o n ary

1 M i t ch el l h as fi led two m o re ap p l i cat i on s fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal s eek i n g to
ch al l en g e o t h er o rd ers i s s ued i n h i s p ro bat i on rev o cat i o n p ro ceed in g

. See Cas e No s

. A2 0 D0 42 0 an d A2 0 D 0 4 2 1

. July 27, 2020ap p eal

, as d es cri b ed i n OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5

, 2 co m p l i a n c e w i t h t h at p ro ced u re d o es n ot

ex cu se a p art y s eek i ng ap p el l at e rev i ew o f an in t e r l o c u t o ry ord er fro m co m p l y i n g

wi t h th e i n t erl o cu t o ry ap p eal p ro ced u res

– i ncl u d in g o b t ai n i n g a cert i fi cat e o f

i m m ed i at e rev i ew fro m

t h e t ri al co u rt –

s et fo rt h i n OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (b ). See Ba i l ey

v. Ba i l ey , 2 6 6 Ga. 8 3 2

, 8 3 2 -8 3 3 (4 7 1 SE2 d 2 1 3 ) (1 99 6 ); S cr u g gs v. Ga

. De

p t

. of

Hu ma n Res o u r ces , 2 6 1 Ga. 5 8 7

, 5 8 8-5 8 9 (1 ) (4 0 8 SE2 d 1 0 3 ) (1 9 9 1 ). M i t ch el l ’ s

fai l u re t o fo l l o w t h e i n t erl o cu t o ry ap p eal p ro ced u res d ep ri ves th i s Co u rt o f

ju ri s d i ct i o n o v er h i s ap p l i c a t i o n , wh ich i s h ereb y DISM ISSED. M i t ch el l ’ s p ro s e

m o ti o n s fo r ap po i n t m en t o f co un s el an d t o am en d h i s ap p eal are h ereb y D ENIED as

m o ot

.

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

,

_

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I c e r ti fy t h a t t h e a b o v e is 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 th 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 OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (a) (5 ) p ro v i d es t hat “ o rd ers r evo ki n g p ro b at i o n ” are s u b ject

t o t he d i s cret io n ary

ap p eal p ro ced ure. (Em

p h as i s s u p p l ied .) 07/27/2020