# 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 :

A1 9 D0 56 1 . DENNI S MI TCHELL BATTS v . THE STATE.

On J u n e 1 2

, 2 01 7

, D en n i s M i t ch el l Bat t s en t ered a n e g o t i at ed g u i l ty p l ea to

t raffi ck i ng i n m et h am

p h et am i n e, an d was sen t en ced t o 30 y ears to s erv e 1 5

. Th ere i s

n o in d i cat i o n t h at Bat t s fi l ed a d i rect ap p eal fro m hi s ju d g m e n t o f co nv i ct i o n

. On

S e p t e m b e r 2 5

, 2 0 1 7

, Bat ts fi l ed a m o t i o n t o m o d i fy h i s s en t en ce. Th e t ri al c o u r t

d en ied Bat t s ’ m o t i on o n D e c e m b er 1 5

, 20 1 7

, an d on J u n e 1 0

, 2 0 1 9

, Bat t s fi l ed a

“ Pet i t i o n fo r W ri t o f Cert i o rari ” i n t h e Geo rg i a Su p rem e Co u rt , wh i ch d o ck et ed t h e

fi li n g as an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i scret io n ary ap p eal

. Ho wev er, t h e Geo rg i a Su p rem e

Co u rt th en t ran s ferred t h e ap pl icat i o n h ere co n cl u d i n g t h at t h ere was n o bas i s fo r t h e

ex erci s e o f i t s j u ri s d i ct i o n b ecau s e Bat t s h ad n o ap p eal d eci ded b y t h i s Co u rt

. W e al s o

l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

As t he Su p rem e Co u rt st at ed in i t s o rd er t ran s ferri n g t h is ap p li cat i o n

, Bat t s i s

“ s eek i ng rev iew o f h i s 2 0 1 7 g ui l t y p l ea co n v i ct i o n t o t raffi ck i n g i n m et h am p h et am i n e

an d a su b s eq uen t o rd er d en y i n g h i s m o t i o n t o m o d i fy sen t en ce.” Ord i n ari l y

, i f a p art y

ap p li es fo r d i s cret i on ary rev i ew o f a d i rect l y ap p ea l a b l e o r d e r – s u ch as an o rd er

d en y i n g a ti m el y m o t i o n fo r s en t en ce m o d i fi cat i o n

– w e gran t t h e ap p l i cat i o n u n d er

OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (j). To fal l wi t h i n th i s g en eral ru l e, h o w ev er, th e ap pl i cat io n m u s t b e

fi led wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s o f en t ry o f t h e o rd er t o be ap p eal ed

. OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ); Hi l l v.

S t a t e

, 20 4 Ga. Ap p. 5 8 2

, 5 8 2 (4 2 0 SE2 d 3 9 3 ) (1 9 92 ). 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 h i s Co u rt can n o t accep t an ap p l i cat i o n fo r ap p eal n ot

m ad e i n co m

p li an ce th erewi t h

. Bo

yl e v. S t a te

, 1 9 0 Ga. Ap p

. 7 3 4

, 7 34 (3 8 0 SE2 d 5 7 )

August 16, 2019(1 9 8 9). Bat t s ’ s “ p et i t i o n ” was fi l ed 5 4 2 d ay s aft er th e d en ial of t h e m o ti o n t o m o d i fy

h i s s en t en ce. Hi s fi li n g i s t h erefo re u n t i m el y an d i s 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 th 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

. 08/16/2019