# 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 0 D0 37 7 . W I LLI E FRANK W RI GHT, J R. v . THE STATE.

In 2 0 1 0

, a ju ry fo u n d W i l l i e Fran k W ri g h t

, J r., g u il t y o f ag g rav at ed as s au l t an d

fam i l y v i o l e n c e b at t ery

. W ri g ht fi l ed a m o t i on fo r n ew t ri al

, wh i ch t h e t ri al co u rt

d en ied o n M arch 5

, 2 0 2 0

. W ri g h t th en fi l ed th i s ap p l i cat i o n fo r d is cret i o nary ap p eal

. 1

Th e o rd er W ri g h t seek s to ap p eal m ay b e ap p eal ed d i rect l y

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (a)

(1 ) (p erm i t t i n g a d i rect ap p eal fro m al l fi n al ju d g m en t s ).

Th i s Co u rt wi l l g ran t an o t h erwi s e t i m el y di s cret io n ary ap p li cat i o n i f t h e l o wer

co u rt ’ s o rd er i s s u b

ject t o d i rect ap p eal

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (j). Acco rd i n g l y , t h i s

ap p li cat io n i s h ereb y GRANTED. To p erfect t hi s ap p eal

, W ri g h t m u s t f i l e a n o t i ce

o f ap p eal i n t h e t ri al co urt

. OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (g ) req u i res t hat a n ot i ce of ap p eal b e

fi led wi t h i n t en d ay s of t he o rd er g ran t i n g t h e ap pl i cat i o n

. T h i s fi l i n g d ead l i n e i s

cu rren t l y t o l l ed p u rs u an t t o t h e Su p rem e Co u rt ’ s ju d i ci al em erg en cy o rd er of M ay 1 1,

2 0 2 0

. Ho wev er, t h e n o ti ce o f ap p eal m u s t b e fi l ed wi th i n t en d ay s o f an y o rd er l i ft i n g

t h e ju d i ci al em erg en cy

. Fu rt h erm o re, W ri gh t i s en co urag ed to fi l e h i s n ot i ce o f ap p eal

as s o o n as p ract i cab l e t o faci l it at e th e ex p ed i t i o u s h an d l i n g of t h e ap p eal

. 2 Th e cl erk

1 W ri gh t fi l ed h is ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ar y a p p e a l o n M ay 5

, 2 0 2 0.
Ord in ari l y , t hi s w ou l d ren d er t h e ap p l i cat i o n u nt i m el y an d s ub ject to d i sm i s s al

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ) (req u i ri n g d i s cret i o n ary ap p l i cat i on s b e fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s o f

t h e e n t ry o f t h e o rd er to be ap peal ed ). On M arch 1 4

, 2 0 2 0

, h o wev er, th e Su p rem e C o u r t d ecl ared a ju d i ci al em erg en cy , wh ich t o l l s an d g ran t s rel i ef fro m an y f i l i n g d ead li n e. Th i s o rd er was ex t en d ed o n Ap ri l 6

, 2 0 20 an d M ay 1 1

, 2 0 2 0

. Acco rd i n g l y , W ri g h t ’ s fai l u re t o co m

pl y wi t h t h e fi l i ng d ead l i n e i s ex cu s ed

.

2 If W ri g h t h as al read y fi l ed a n o t i ce o f ap p eal

, h e n eed n o t fi l e a s eco n d n o t i ce. May 22, 2020o f t h e t ri al co u rt i s DIRECTED t o i ncl u d e a co p y o f t h i s o rd er i n t h e reco rd

t ran s m i t t ed t o t h e Co u rt o f Ap p eal s

.

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 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

. 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

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, C l e r k

. 05/22/2020