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A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

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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 6 A0 35 5 . CLARENCE STRI CKLAND v

. THE STATE.

A ju ry fo un d C l a r en ce St ri ck l an d g u i l t y o f ag grav at ed s o do m y ag ai n s t h i s

d au gh t er, an d w e affi rm ed h i s co n vi ct i o n o n ap p eal

. See St r i ckl a n d v. S t a t e , 3 1 1 Ga.

Ap p

. 4 0 0 (7 1 5 SE2 d 7 9 8 ) (2 0 1 1 ). St ri ck lan d s u b s eq u en t l y fi led a m ot i o n t o v acat e

a v oi d ju dg m en t

, wh i ch th e t ri al co u r t d e n i ed o n Feb ru ary 5

, 2 0 1 5

. St ri ck l an d fi l ed

a n ot i ce o f a p p e a l fro m t hi s ru l i n g o n Ap ri l 9

, 2 0 1 5

. W e l ack j u ri s d i ct i o n fo r t wo

reas on s

. Fi rs t

, a n ot i ce o f ap p e a l m u s t b e fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s aft er en t ry o f t h e

ap p eal ab l e o rd er. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 8 (a). Th e pro p er an d t i m el y fi l in g o f a n o t i ce

o f ap p eal i s an ab s ol u t e req u i rem en t t o co n fer ju ri s d i ct i o n o n t h is Co u rt

. See Ro wl a n d

v. S t a te

, 2 6 4 Ga. 8 7 2 (1 ) (4 5 2 SE2 d 7 5 6 ) (1 9 9 5). Becau s e St ri ck lan d fi l ed h i s n o t i ce

o f ap p eal 6 3 d ay s aft er en try o f t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s o rd er, h i s ap p eal i s u n t i m el y

. Seco n d

, “ a p et i t i o n to v acat e o r m o d i fy a ju d g m e n t o f co n v i ct i o n i s n o t an

ap p ro p ri at e rem ed y

i n a cri m i nal cas e.” H

a r p er v. S t a te

, 2 86 Ga. 2 1 6

, 2 1 8 (1 ) (6 8 6

SE2 d 7 8 6 ) (2 0 0 9). An y

ap p eal fro m an o rd er d en y i n g o r d i s m i s s i n g s u ch a m o t i o n

m u st b e d i s m i s s ed

. See i d

. at 2 1 8 (2 ); Ro b er t s v. S t a t e , 2 8 6 Ga. 5 3 2

, 5 3 2 (6 9 0 SE2 d

1 5 0 ) (2 0 1 0 ). A d i rect ap p eal m ay l i e fro m an o rd er d en y i n g a m ot i on t o v acat e o r

co rrect a v o i d s en t en ce, b u t o nl y i f t h e d e f e n d a n t r ai s es a co l o rab l e cl ai m t h at t h e

s en t en ce i s , in fact

, v o id

. See Ha r p er , s up ra at 2 1 7 n.1 ; Bu r g v. S t a t e , 2 9 7 Ga. Ap p.

1 1 8 , 1 1 9 (6 7 6 SE2 d 46 5 ) (2 0 0 9 ). “ M o ti o n s t o v acat e a v oi d s en t en ce g en eral l y are

l i m i ted t o cl ai m s th at

– ev en as s u m i n g t h e ex i s t en ce an d v al i d i ty o f th e co n vi ct i o n fo r

wh i ch t h e sen t en ce was i m p o sed

– t h e l aw d o es no t au t h o ri ze th a t sen t en ce, m o s t

t yp i cal l y b ecau s e i t ex ceed s t he m o s t s ev ere p u n i s h m en t fo r wh ich t h e ap p l i cab l e November 16, 2015p en al s t at u t e p ro v i d es .” vo n Th o ma s v. S t a te

, 2 9 3 Ga. 5 69

, 5 7 2 (2 ) (7 4 8 SE2 d 4 4 6 )

(2 0 1 3). Th u s , w h en a s en t en ce i s wi t h i n t h e s t at u t o ry ran ge o f p un i s h m en t

, i t i s n ot

v o i d

. Jo n es v. St a t e , 2 7 8 Ga. 6 6 9

, 6 7 0 (6 0 4 SE2 d 48 3 ) (2 00 4 ). Here, St ri ck l an d d o es

n o t arg u e t h at h i s s en t en ce fel l o u t s i d e t h e p erm i s s ib l e s tat u t o ry ran g e an d t h u s h as

n o t rai s ed a co l o rab l e v oi d s en t en ce cl ai m

. Acco rd i ng l y , we l ack ju ri s di ct i o n o v er t h i s

ap p eal , wh i ch i s h ereb y DISM ISSED.

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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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, C l e r k

. 11/16/2015