# 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 A0 56 5

, A1 9 A0 5 6 6. ROY BOONE BRI GHT v. THE STATE (TW O C ASES).

Ro y Bo o n e Bri gh t rep res en t ed h i m s el f at t ri al an d was fo u n d gu i l t y o f b u rg l ary

an d t h eft

. Bri g h t fi l ed a p ro s e m o ti o n fo r n ew t ri al

. Th e t ri al co u rt ap p o i n t ed co u n s el

wh o fi l ed an am en d ed m o t io n fo r n ew tri al

, as s ert i n g t h at Bri g h t h ad n o t k n o wi n g l y

an d i n t el li g en t ly wai v ed h i s ri g h t t o t ri al co un s el

. Th e t ri al co u rt g ran t ed t h e m o t i o n

fo r n ew tri al

. T h e t r i a l co urt t h en co n d u ct ed a Fa r et t a 1 h eari n g at w h i ch Bri g ht

t es t i fi ed reg a r d i n g h i s d es i re t o rep res en t h i m s el f i n t h e s u b s eq u en t t ri al

. T h e t ri al

co u rt th u s p erm i tt ed Bri gh t ’ s ap po i n t ed co u n s el to wi t h d raw, an d Bri g h t fi l ed

m u lt i p l e m o t i o ns

, i n cl u d i n g a m o t i o n t o d i s m i s s t h e ch arg es ag ai n s t h im an d a m o t i o n

t o recu s e t h e t ri al ju d g e, b o t h o f wh i ch t h e t ri al co u rt d en i ed

.

It i s d i ffi cu l t t o deci p h e r B r i g h t ’ s p ro s e n ot i ces o f ap p eal

. Bu t i t ap p ears h e

s eek s t o ch al l en g e t h e o rd er d en y i n g h i s m ot i o n t o recu s e i n Cas e N u m b er A1 9 A0 5 6 5

an d t h e o rd er d en y i n g h i s m o t i o n to d i s m i s s i n Cas e Nu m b er A1 9 A0 5 6 6.

Pret erm i t t i n g t h e ex act n at u re o f t h e ap p eal s , we l ack ju ri s d i ct i on

.

W h en t h e t ri al co u rt g ran t s a cri m in al d efen d an t ’ s m o t i on fo r n ew t ri al

, t h e cas e

i s n o t fi n al fo r p urp o s es o f fi l in g a d i rect ap p eal

. See S t a te v. W a r e

, 2 8 2 G a. 6 7 6

, 6 7 7

(6 5 3 SE2 d 2 1 ) (2 0 0 7 ). Becau s e Bri g h t ’ s cr i m i n al cas e rem ai n s p en di n g b efo re t h e

t ri al co u rt

, Bri g h t was req u i red t o u se t he i n t erl o cu t o ry ap p eal p ro ced u res

– i n cl u d i n g

o b t ai n i n g a cert i f

i c a t e o f i m

m ed i at e rev i ew fro m t he t ri al co urt

– to ap p eal

. See

OCGA § 5 -6 -3 4 (b ); Kel l er v. S t a te

, 27 5 Ga. 6 80

, 6 8 0 -6 8 1 (5 7 1 SE2 d 8 06 ) (2 0 0 2 ) (a

cri m i n al cas e rem ai n s p en d i n g un t i l t h e co u rt en t ers a w ri t t en ju d g m en t o f co n v i ct i o n

1 Fa r et t a v. Ca l i

f o r n i a , 4 2 2 U. S. 8 0 6 (9 5 SCt 2 5 2 5 , 4 5 LEd 2 d 5 6 2) (1 9 7 5 ). December 13, 2018an d s en t en ce); Cr o l l ey v. S t a t e

, 1 8 2 Ga. Ap p

. 2, 2 -3 (1 ) (3 5 4 S E 2 d 8 6 4 ) (1 9 8 7 )

(s am e).

Bri g ht ’ s fai l u re t o fo l l o w t h e req u i s it e ap pel l at e p ro ced u re d ep ri v es u s o f

ju ri s d i ct i o n t o co n s id er t h es e ap p eal s, wh i ch are h ereb y DISM ISSED. 2

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

.

2 Th e St at e h as fi l ed m o t i o ns t o d i s m i s s t h e ap peal s

, b u t o n o th er g ro u n d s . In

v i ew o f o u r d i s m i s s al o rd er, t h e St at e’ s m ot i o n s are h ereb y DISM ISSED as m o ot

. 12/13/2018