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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 1 D0 29 9 . CHARLES GRI FFI N, J R. v . THE STATE.

On Oct o b er 5

, 2 0 2 0

, t h e t ri al co u rt i s s u ed o rd ers d en y i ng t h ree m o t i o n s fi l ed

b y Ch arl es Gri ffi n

, J r.: a “ p ro se ex t rao rd i n ary m o t i o n fo r new t ri al ,” a “ p ro s e m o t i o n

fo r cl erk o f co u rt cas e fi l e, co u rt reco rd s & t ran s cri p t s ,” an d a “ p ro s e m o t i o n f o r

‘ cau s e’ h eari n g (n u n c p ro tu n c) o rd ers o f pro d u ct i o n an d ap p earan ce.” On M arch 1 1,

2 0 2 1

, Gri ffi n fi l ed t hi s ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary rev i ew. 1 W e l ack j u ri s d i ct i o n

b ecau s e t h e ap p li cat i o n i s u n ti m el y

.

To b e t i m el y

, an ap p li cat i o n m u s t b e fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0 day s of en try o f t h e o rd er

o r j u d gm en t to b e ap p eal ed

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ). As Gri ffi n fi l ed t h i s ap p l i cat i o n

1 5 7 d ay s aft er en t ry o f t h e o rd ers at i s s u e, t h e ap p li cat i o n i s u n t i m el y an d s ub ject to

d i s m i s s al

. See Cr o s s o n v. Co nwa y

, 2 9 1 Ga. 22 0

, 2 2 0 (1 ) (7 2 8 SE2 d 6 1 7 ) (2 0 1 2 ); s ee

al s o Bo yl e v. S t a te

, 1 9 0 Ga. A p p. 7 3 4, 7 3 4 (3 80 SE2 d 57 ) (1 9 8 9 ) (“ Th e req ui rem en t s

o f OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 are j u ri s d i ct i o n al an d t h i s [C] o u rt can no t a c c e p t a n ap p eal n ot

m ad e i n co m

p l i an ce t h erewi t h .”).

In h is ap p l i cat i o n

, Gri ffi n s eek s perm i s s i o n t o fi l e an o u t -o f-t i m e ap p l i cat i o n.

Ho wev er, h e i s n o t en ti t l ed t o s u ch rel i ef b ecau s e h e fi led hi s ap p l icat i o n wel l b ey o n d

t h e ap p l i cat i on d u e d at e. See In t h e In t er es t of B. R

. F.

, 3 3 8 Ga. Ap p

. 7 6 2, 76 2 (7 9 1

SE2 d 8 5 9 ) (2 0 16 ) (“ W h il e t h is [C] o u rt i s au t h o ri zed t o g ran t an ex t en si o n o f t i m e fo r

t h e fi l i n g o f an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap peal

, req u es t s fo r ex t en s i o n s m u s t b e

fi led o n or b efo re t h e du e d at e o f t h e d i s cret io n ary ap p l i cat i o n

. O t h erwi s e, we l ack t h e

au t h o ri t y t o g ran t th e req u es t .”) (ci tat i o n an d p u n ct u at io n om i t t ed ); Co u rt o f Ap p eal s

1 Gri ffi n fi l ed h i s ap p l i cat i o n i n th e Su prem e Co u rt

, w h i ch t ran s ferred i t h ere. May 04, 2021Ru l e 3 1 (i ) (“ No ex t en si o n s o f t i m e wi l l b e g ran t ed t o fi l e a d i s cret i o n ary ap p l i cat i o n

u n l es s a m o t i o n fo r ex t en s i on o f t i m e i s fi l ed on o r b efo re t h e ap pl i cat io n d u e d at e.”).

Acco rd i ng l y , t h i s ap p l i cat i o n i s h ereb y DISM ISSED.

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. 05/04/2021