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o f t h e S t a te o f

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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 8 A0 11 4 . W I LLI AM M. TAYLOR v

. THE STATE.

W i l l i am M

. Tay l o r w as co n v i ct ed o f ag g rav at ed sod o m y an d ch i l d m o l es t at i o n.

Hi s co n vi ct i on s were affi rm ed o n ap p eal

. T a y l o r v. S t a t e , 1 7 4 Ga. Ap p

. 3 2 3 (3 2 9

SE2 d 6 2 5 ) (1 9 8 5 ). H e w as rel eas ed o n p aro l e b ut h i s p aro l e was rev o k ed i n 1 9 8 9

aft er h e co m

m i t t ed a new o ffen s e. In 2 0 1 6

, Tay l o r fi led a p et i ti o n fo r po s t-co n v i ct i o n

rel i ef an d an ex t rao rd in ary m ot i o n fo r n ew t ri al

. Th e t ri al co urt d en i ed b o t h t h e

p et i t i o n an d t he m ot i o n , an d T ayl o r fi l ed t h i s d i rect ap p eal

. W e, ho wev er, l ack

ju ri s d i ct i o n

. Aft er a cri m i n al co n v ict i o n h as b een af f irm ed

, a d efen dan t s eek i n g t o ch al l en g e

h i s co n v i ct i o n h as t h ree av ai l ab l e rem ed i es : h e m ay “ fi l e an ex trao rd i nary m o t i o n fo r

n ew t ri al

, OCGA § 5 -5 -4 1

, a m o t i o n i n arres t of ju dg m en t

, OC G A § 1 7 -9 -6 1

, o r a

p et i t i o n fo r h ab eas co rp u s , OCGA § 9 -1 4 -4 0 .” Ha r p er v. S t a te

, 2 8 6 Ga. 2 16

, 2 1 7 (1 )

(6 8 6 SE2 d 7 8 6 ) (2 0 0 9 ). No n e o f t h es e rem ed i es s u p p o rt t h e i n st an t ap p eal

. To t h e ex t en t Tay l o r’ s p l ead i n g s co n st it u t ed an ex t rao rd i n ary m o t i o n fo r n ew

t ri al

, h e was req u i red t o fo l l o w t h e d i s cret io n ary ap p eal p ro ced u res to o b t ai n ap p el l at e

rev i ew of t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s den i al

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (a) (7 ); Ba l kco m v. S t a t e , 2 2 7

Ga. Ap p

. 3 2 7

, 3 2 9 (4 8 9 SE2 d 1 2 9 ) (1 9 97 ). Tay lo r’ s pl ead i n gs can n o t b e co n s t ru ed

as a m o t io n i n arres t o f ju d g m en t

, b ecau s e h e d i d n o t ch al l en g e t h e s uffi ci en cy o f h i s

i n d i ct m en t

. See Mo t es v. S t a t e , 2 6 2 Ga. Ap p . 7 2 8 , 7 2 9 (5 86 SE2 d 6 8 2) (2 0 0 3 ) (“ A

m o ti o n i n arres t as s ert s t h at t he i n d i ct m en t co n t ai n s a d efect o n i t s face affect i n g t h e

s u b s t an ce an d real m eri t s o f t he o ffen s e ch arg ed an d v o i d i n g t h e in d ict m en t

, s u ch as

fai l u re t o ch arg e a n eces s ary el em en t o f a cri m e.”). Fi n al l y , T ay l o r’ s p l ead i ng s can n ot

b e c o n s t r u e d as a req u es t fo r h ab eas rel i ef becau s e t h ey were fi l ed i n h i s cri m i n al August 29, 2017cas e, n o t i n h i s co u n ty o f i n carcerat i o n . See OCGA § 9 -1 4-4 3

. Un d er t he ci rcu m s t an ces , we l ack ju ri s d i ct io n t o co n s i d er t hi s ap p eal

, wh i ch

i s h ereb y DISM ISSED. See Ba l kco m , 2 2 7 Ga. Ap p

. at 3 3 2 (d i sm i s s i n g ap p eal fro m

d en ial o f ex t rao rd i n ary m o t i o n fo r n ew t ri al ); H a r p er , 2 8 6 Ga. at 2 1 8 (2 ) (d is m i s s i n g

ap p eal fro m

d en i al o f m o t i o n t o v acat e a cri m i n al co n v i ct i o n ).

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f G e o r g ia

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 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

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, C l e r k

. 08/29/2017