# 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 34 7 . VI C TOR W AYNE W EATHERSPOON v . THE STATE.

Vi ct or W eat h ers p o on cu rren t l y i s s erv i n g a p ri s o n sen t en c e f ollow ing h is guilty

p l eas t o b u rg l ary an d s ev eral o t h er o ffen s es i n 20 1 4

. Th e m at eri al s b efo re u s co n t ai n

n o i n d i cat i on t h at h e fi l ed a di rect ap p eal fro m h i s ju d g m en t o f co n v ict i o n

. Fo l l o wi n g

h i s co n v i ct i on s

, W eat hers p o on fi l ed a m o t i o n t o wi t h d raw h i s gu i l t y p l eas an d a

“ Pet i t i o n fo r Ex o n erat i o n,” wh ich t h e t ri al co urt d en i ed i n a s i n g l e o rd er en t ered o n

Oct o b er 23

, 2019. W e a t h ers p o o n fi led t h i s p ro s e ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i scret i o n ary rev i ew

o n M arch 1 3 , 2 0 2 0

. W e l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

Th e d en ial o f W eat h ers p oo n ’ s m o t i o n t o wi t h d raw hi s g u i l t y pl eas was d i rect l y

ap p eal ab l e. See, e.g

., S

mi t h v. St a t e

, 2 8 3 Ga. 37 6

, 3 7 6 (6 5 9 SE2 d 3 8 0 ) (2 0 08 ). Th i s

Co u rt o rd i n ari l y wi l l gran t an ap pl i cat io n fo r d i s c r e t i o n ary rev i ew o f a d i rect l y

ap p eal ab l e o rd er u n d er OCGA § 5-6 -3 5 (j). See i d

. To fal l wi t h i n t h i s g en eral ru l e,

h o wev er, t h e ap p l i cat i o n m u s t b e fi led wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s of en t ry o f t h e o rd er o r

ju d g m en t s o u g h t t o b e ap peal ed . See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ), (j). Th e req u i rem en t s o f

OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 are ju ri s d i ct i o n al

, an d t hi s Co u rt can n o t accep t an ap pl i cat i o n fo r

ap p eal n o t m ad e i n co m

p l i an ce t h erewi t h

. See Bo yl e v. S t a t e

, 19 0 Ga. Ap p

. 7 3 4

, 7 3 4

(3 8 0 SE2 d 5 7 ) (1 9 8 9 ). W eat h ers p o o n ’ s ap p l i cat io n i s u n ti m el y

, as i t was fi l ed 1 4 2 April 13, 2020d ay s aft er en t ry o f th e o rd er h e s eek s t o ap p eal

. 1 A c co rd i n g l y

, t h i s ap p l i cat i o n i s

h ereb y DISM ISSED fo r l ack o f ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

Becau s e i t ap p ears t h at W eat h ers p oo n h as n o t y et h ad a d irect ap p eal

, an d to

t h e ex ten t t h at h i s ri g ht t o a d i rect ap peal m ay h av e b een fru s t rat ed b y erro rs o f

co u ns el

, h e m ay b e en t i tl ed t o an o u t -o f-t i m e ap p eal

. See Ro wl a n d v. St a t e

, 2 6 4 Ga.

8 7 2

, 8 75 -8 7 6 (2 ) (4 5 2 SE2 d 7 5 6 ) (1 9 9 5 ). He t h erefo re i s i n fo rm ed o f t h e fo l l o wi n g

i n acco rd an ce wi t h Ro wl a n d

, 2 6 4 Ga. at 8 7 5 -8 76 (2 ): Th i s ap pl i cat io n h a s b een

d i s m i s s ed b ecau s e y o u fai led t o fi l e a p ro p er a n d t i m el y ap pl i cat io n o r n o t i ce o f

ap p eal

. If y o u s t il l wi s h t o s eek ap p el l at e rev i ew o f y o u r ju d g m en t o f co nv i ct i o n

, y o u

m ay pet it i o n t h e t ri al co urt fo r l eav e t o fi l e an o u t -o f-t i m e ap peal

. If t h e t ri al co u rt

g ran t s y o u r req u es t

, y o u wi l l hav e 3 0 day s fro m t h e en t ry o f t hat o rd er t o fi l e a n o t i ce

o f ap peal referen ci n g y o u r co n v i ct i o n s

. If t h e tri al co u rt d en i es y o u r req u es t

, y o u wi l l

h a v e 3 0 d a ys fro m t he en t ry o f t h at o rd er t o fi l e a n o ti ce o f ap p eal referen ci n g t h e

d en ial o f y o u r req u es t fo r an o ut -o f-t i m e ap p eal

. Th e Cl erk o f Co u rt i s DIRECTED

t o s en d a co p y

o f t h i s o rd er t o W eat h ers p o o n an d t o h i s at t orn ey , an d t h e l at t er al s o

i s DIRECTED t o s en d a co py t o W eat h ers po o n

.

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

.

, C l e r k

.

1 In h i s ap pl i cat io n m at eri al s

, W eat h ers p o o n as s ert s t h at h e di d n o t recei v e t h e

t ri al co u rt ’ s Oct ob er 2 3 o rd er u n t i l aft er th e t i m e t o fi l e a t i m el y ap p eal h ad ex p i red

. If, as W eat h ers p o o n ap p ears to s u g g es t

, h i s ri g h t t o t i m el y s eek ap pel l at e rev i ew was

fru s t rat ed d u e to a t ri al co u rt erro r, h i s rem ed y i s t o p et i ti o n t h e t ri al co u rt t o v acat e

an d re-en t er t h e o rd er at is s u e i n t h e m an ner d es cri b ed in Ca mb r on v. Ca n a l In s

. Co

. , 2 4 6 Ga. 1 4 7

, 1 4 8 -1 4 9 (1 ) (2 6 9 SE2 d 4 2 6 ) (1 98 0 ), d i s ap p ro v ed i n part b y W r i g h t v.

Y ou n g , 2 9 7 Ga. 6 83 , 6 8 4 , n . 3 (7 7 7 SE2 d 4 7 5 ) (2 0 1 5 ). 04/13/2020