# 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 6 A1 19 1 . GARY FORD v . THE STATE.

On M arch 2 8, 2 0 1 3, Gar y F o rd was co n v i ct ed of t wo co u n t s o f ag g rav at ed

as s au l t , t wo co u n t s o f ro b b ery b y fo rce, k i d n ap p i n g

, an d ag g rav at ed s ex u al b at t ery

.

Th ereaft er, o n Decem

b er 2 2

, 20 1 5

, t h e t ri al co urt d en ied Fo rd ’ s m o t i o n fo r n ew t ri al

.

On J an u ary

2 6

, 2 0 1 6 , Fo rd fi led a n o ti ce o f ap peal t o t h i s Co u rt

. 1

A n o t i ce of ap p eal m

us t b e fi l ed wi t h i n 30 d ay s aft er en try of 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 i ng o f a n o t i ce o f ap p eal i s

an ab s o l u t e req u i rem en t t o co n fer ju ri s d i ct io n o n t h i s Co u rt

. See Ro wl an d v

. S t a t e

,

2 6 4 Ga. 8 7 2 (1 ) (4 5 2 SE2 d 7 56 ) (1 9 9 5 ). Fo rd ’ s n ot ice o f ap peal

, fi led 3 5 d ay s aft er

en t ry of t h e o rd er, i s u n t i m el y

, an d t h is ap p eal i s t h erefo re D ISM ISSED fo r l ack o f

ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

W e n o t e, h owev er, th at Fo rd was rep res en t ed b y co u n s el b efo re t h e t ri al co u rt

an d m ay b e en t i t l ed t o p urs u e an o u t-o f-t i m e ap p eal

. He i s t h erefo re in fo rm ed o f t h e

fo l l o w i n g i n acco r d a n c e wi t h Ro wl a nd v. St a te

, s u p ra at 8 7 5 -8 7 6 : Th i s ap p eal h as

b een d i s m i s s ed b ecau s e y o u fai l ed t o fi l e a ti m el y n o t i ce o f ap p eal

. If y ou s t i l l wi s h

t o ap p eal

, y o u m ay p et i t i o n t he t ri al co u rt fo r l eav e t o fi l e an o u t -o f-t i m e ap p eal . If

t h e tri al co u rt g ran t s y o u r req u es t

, y o u wi l l h av e 30 d ay s fro m th e en t ry o f t h at o rd er

t o fi l e a n o ti c e o f a p p e a l referen ci n g y o u r co nv i ct io n

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

1 Fo rd al s o fi l ed a d irect ap p eal fro m t h e t ri al co urt ’ s den i al o f h is p re-t ri al p l ea

i n b ar b as ed up o n an al l eg ed vi o l at i o n o f h i s co n st i tu t i o n al ri g h t t o a s peed y t ri al

. Th i s ap p eal was d i s m i s sed b ecau s e Fo rd w as no t en t i t l ed t o a d irect ap p eal

, b ut

i n s t ead s h o u l d hav e fo l lo wed t he i n t erl o cu t o ry ap p l i cat i o n p ro ces s

. See Fo r d v. S t a t e

, 3 1 9 Ga. Ap p . 6 5 5 (7 38 SE2 d 1 1 1 ) (2 0 1 3 ). March 18, 2016req u es t

, y o u wi l l h av e 3 0 d ay s fro m t he en try o f t h at o rd er t o fi le a n o t i ce o f ap p eal

referen ci n g t h e d en i al o f y o u r req u es t fo r an o u t -o f-t i m e ap p eal

.

T h e Cl erk o f Co u r t i s d i r e c t e d t o s e n d a c o p y o f t h i s o r d er t o Fo rd an d t o

Fo rd ’ s at to rn ey , an d t h e l at t er i s al s o d irect ed t o s en d a co p y t o Fo rd

.

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 is a tr 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

. 03/18/2016