# 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 5 D0 34 0 . LARRY BOYD v . THE STATE.

Larry Bo y d was co n v i ct ed o f arm ed ro b b ery i n 1 9 94

, an d w e affi rm ed h i s

co n vi ct i o n i n an un p u b l i s h ed o p i n i o n

. B o y d v. S t a t e

, 2 1 9 Ga. Ap p

. X XVI (1 9 9 5 ).

Bo y d su b s eq u en t l y f

i l ed t wo m o t i on s t o v acat e, s et as i d e, m o d i fy o r co rrect h i s

s en t en ce. Th e t ri al co urt d en i ed t h e m ot i o n s

, a n d w e d i s m i s sed o n e ap p eal an d

affi rm ed t h e ot h er. 1 In t h i s l at es t ap peal

, Bo y d h as fi l ed an ap p li ca t i o n fo r

d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal

, s eek i n g t o ap p eal t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s or d e r d en y in g y et an o t h er

m o ti o n t o co rrect v o i d sen t en ce. A s s u ch o rd er i s d irect l y ap p eal ab l e, t hi s Co u rt

o rd i n ari ly wo ul d g ran t t h e ap p l i cat i o n i n acco rd an ce wi t h OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (j).

Ho wev er, t h e ap p l i cat i o n m u s t s t i l l b e t i m el y

.

Here, Bo y d was req u i red t o fi l e h i s ap p l i cat i o n wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s aft er t h e en t ry

o f t he ap p e a l a b l e o rd er, an d t h i s Co u rt l ack s ju ri s d i ct i o n t o co n si d er an u n t i m el y

ap p li cat io n

. 2 Ho w ev er, al t ho u g h Bo y d i n cl u d ed w i t h h is M arch 2 7

, 20 1 5 ap p l i cat i o n

m at eri al s a co p y o f t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s ord er, s i g ned o n Feb ru ary 2 0

, it was n o t a s t am p ed

“ fi l ed ” co p y as req u i red b y Co u rt o f Ap p eal s Ru l e 3 1 (e). A s tam ped “ fi l ed ” co p y i s

req u i red i n o rd er fo r t h i s Co urt t o as cert ai n t h at t h e ap p l i cat i o n was fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0

d ay s aft er en t ry o f t h e ap peal ab l e o rd er. On M arch 3 1

, 2 01 5 t h i s Co u rt ord ered Bo y d

t o s u pp l em en t h is ap p l icat i o n wi t h i n 1 0 d ay s w i t h a s t am p ed “ fi l ed ” co p y o f t h e o rd er

1 Bo yd v. S t a te

, 2 5 3 Ga. Ap p

. 2 38 (5 5 8 SE2 d 7 8 7 ) (2 0 02 ); Bo yd v. St a t e

, Cas e

No . A0 5 A1 3 3 2 (Au g u s t 5 , 2 0 0 5 ).

2 See O CGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ); Hi l l v. S t a te

, 2 0 4 G a

. Ap p

. 5 8 2 (4 2 0 SE2 d 3 9 3 )

(1 9 9 2). April 24, 2015t o b e ap p eal ed

. W e n o t ed t h at fai l u re t o co m p l y w i t h t h i s d i rect i v e wo u l d res u l t in

d i s m i s s al o f t h e ap p l i cat i o n

. On Ap ri l 1 4

, 2 0 1 5

, Bo y d s u b m i t t ed an ot h er co p y o f t h e

o rd er at i s s u e, bu t i t al s o i s n o t s t am p ed “ fi l ed .” Th us

, Bo y d h as n o t fi l ed a s t am p ed

“ fi l ed ” co p y o f t he o rd er w i t h i n t h e ad d i t i o n al t i m e al l o wed

. Acco rd i ng l y

, t h i s

ap p li cat io n i s h ereb y

DISM ISSED.

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 i s 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

.

, C l e r k

. 04/24/2015