# 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,_

_ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _

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 0 A0 14 7 . J AMEZ ANTW ANE BRYANT v . THE STATE.

In 2 0 1 8, wh i l e rep res en t ed b y co u n sel

, J am ez An t w an e Bry an t was co n v i ct ed

u p o n h i s Al

f o r d p l ea an d g iv en an ag g reg a t e s e n t e n c e of 30 y ears

, t o s erv e 2 0 in

co n fi n em en t

. Bry an t t h e reaft er fi l ed n u m ero u s p ro s e m o t i o n s

, i n cl u d i n g a m o t i o n

fo r a n ou t -o f-t i m e ap p eal in wh i ch h e as s ert ed th at h e h ad no t b een ad eq u at el y

i n fo rm ed o f h i s ri g ht t o ap p eal an d had l o st t h at ri gh t d ue t o h i s ig n o ran ce of t h e l aw,

h i s co u n s el ’ s n eg l i g en ce, an d “ i n effect i v e co u ns el .” Th e t ri al co u rt d en i ed Bry an t ’ s

m o t i o n s i n a c o ns o l i d at ed o rd er en t ered o n Ap ri l 26

, 2 01 9

. Bry an t fi l ed a p ro s e

n o t i ce o f ap p eal

, b u t t h e en s u i n g ap p eal w as d i s m is s ed b ecau se t h e n o t i ce o f ap p eal

was u n t i m el y fi l ed

. See Cas e No

. A2 0 A 0 0 52 (d i s m i s s al o rd er i s su ed A u g u s t 5,

2 0 1 9 ). See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 8 (a) (Th e p ro per an d t i m el y fi l i n g o f a no t i ce o f ap p eal i s

an ab so l u t e req u i rem en t t o co n fer ap pel l at e ju ri s d i ct i on o n t h is Co u rt .); Ro wl a n d v.

S t a t e , 2 6 4 Ga. 8 72 , 8 7 2 (1 ) (4 5 2 SE2 d 7 5 6 ) (1 9 9 5 ).

Back i n t h e t ri al co u rt

, Bry an t fi l ed m u l t i pl e p ro s e m o t i o n s

, i n cl ud i n g an o t h er

m o ti o n fo r an o u t -o f-t i m e ap p eal

, wh erei n (as am en d ed ) Bry an t reas sert ed th at h e h ad

l o s t h i s ri g h t t o ap p e a l b ecau s e h e was no t ad v i s ed o f t h at ri gh t d u e t o i n effect i v e

as s i s tan ce o f co un sel

. Th e t ri al co u rt d en ied Bry an t’ s m o t i o n (as am en d ed ), ex p res s l y

n o t i n g in i t s o rd er t h at “ s i m i l ar arg u m en t s were reject ed b y t h i s [t ri al co u rt ] b y o rd er

d at ed Ap r i l 2 6

, 2 0 1 9

. ” T h i s d i rect ap peal ari s es fro m th at o rd er. See g en eral l y

Ro wl a n d

, 2 6 4 Ga. at 8 76 (2 ) (d en i al o f m ot i o n fo r a n o u t

- o f-t i m e ap p eal i s d i rect l y

ap p eal ab l e). April 21, 2020“ I t i s ax i o m at i c t hat th e s am e i s s u e can n ot b e rel i t i g at ed a d in f i n i t u m

. Th e

s am e i s t ru e o f ap peal s o f t he s am e i s s u e o n t h e s am e g ro u nd s .” Ech o l s v. S t a t e

, 2 4 3

Ga. Ap p

. 7 7 5

, 7 7 6 (5 3 4 SE2 d 4 6 4 ) (2 0 00 ); s ee al s o Jo rd a n v. S t a te

, 2 5 3 Ga. Ap p.

5 1 0

, 5 1 1

- 5 1 2 (2 ) (5 5 9 SE2 d 5 2 8 ) (2 0 0 2 ). Ou r d i sm i s s al o f Bry an t ’ s p ri o r ap p eal

,

Cas e No

. A2 0A0 0 5 2 , act s as res ju d i cat a. See Po t t er -Mi l ler v. Reed

, 3 0 2 Ga. Ap p.

1 9 9

, 2 0 0 (2 ) (6 9 0 SE2 d 2 15 ) (2 0 1 0 ) (“ Th e effect o f t h e d i s m i s s al of th e fi rs t ap p eal

fro m an a p p e a l a b l e j u d gm en t was t o affi rm th e ju dg m en t o f t h e t ri al co u rt t h ere

ex cep t ed t o an d t h e tri al co urt was wi t h o u t au t h o ri t y t o v acat e o r al ter s u ch p ri o r

ju d g m en t wh i ch was res ju di cat a b et ween t h e p art i es

. ”); Jo h ns o n v. St a t e

, 2 7 2 Ga.

Ap p

. 29 4

, 29 6 -2 9 7 (6 ) (6 1 2 SE2 d 2 9 ) (2 0 0 5 ) (“ [A] rg u m en ts [ap pel l an t ] co u l d an d

s h o u ld h av e m a d e i n [h i s ] p rev i o u s ap p eal

. . . p res en t n o t h in g fo r t h is Co u rt to

rev i ew.”). Co ns eq u en t l y

, t hi s s eco n d ap p eal fro m t h e d en i al o f a m ot io n fo r an o u t

o f-t im e ap p eal i s h ereb y DISM ISSED. See Jo r d an

, 2 53 Ga. Ap p

. at 5 12 (2 ); Ech ol s

,

s u p ra (d is m i s s i n g s eco nd ap p eal fro m t h e d en i al o f a m o t i o n fo r an o u t o f t i m e ap p eal

,

wh ere ad ju d i cat i o n in t he fi rs t ap p eal was res ju d i cat a an d t h e s eco n d ap p eal was t hu s

b arred ).

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f G e o r g ia

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, A t la n t a

,

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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

.

, C l e r k

.

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