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A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

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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 D0 12 1 . ANTON J . SMI TH v . THE STATE.

A ju ry co n v ict ed An t o n J

. Sm i t h o f rap e, k i d n ap p i n g, ag g rav at ed s o d o m y ,

arm ed ro b b ery , an d b u rg l ary

. Th i s Co urt rev ers ed h i s co n v i ct i o n fo r arm ed ro b b ery , b u t o t herwi s e affi rm ed

. See S m i t h v. S ta t e , 2 4 4 G a. A p p

. 1 6 5 (5 3 4 SE2 d 9 0 3) (2 0 0 0 ).

Th ereaft er, Sm i th fi l ed a m o ti o n t o d i s m i ss an d

, s u b s eq u en t l y , a “ m o ti o n fo r n o t i ce

o f ru l in g ” r e g a r d i n g s am e. In an ord er en t ered o n Au g u s t 1 6

, 20 1 8

, th e t ri al co u rt

d en ied Sm i t h ’ s m ot i o n t o d i s m i s s an d d i s m is s ed as m o o t h is m o t io n f o r n o t i c e o f a

ru l i n g. On Sep tem

b er 24

, 2 0 18

, Sm i t h f

i l ed an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i scret i o n ary rev i ew

fro m t h e d en i al o f h i s m ot i o n t o d is m i s s

. 1 W e, h o w ev er, l ack ju ri s di ct i o n

. To b e ti m el y, a n a p p li cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal m u st b e fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0

d ay s o f th e en try o f t h e o rd er o r ju d g m en t t o b e a p p e a l ed

. See O CGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ).

Th e req u i rem en ts o f O CGA § 5 -6 -3 5 are ju ri s d i ct i o n al

, an d t h i s Co u rt can n o t accep t

an ap p l i cat i o n fo r ap peal n o t m ad e i n co m p l i an ce t h erewi t h

. See B o yl e v. S t a t e , 1 9 0

Ga. Ap p

. 7 3 4, 73 4 (3 80 SE2 d 5 7 ) (1 9 8 9 ). Becau s e Sm i t h d i d no t fi l e h i s ap p l i cat i o n

u n t i l 3 9 d ay s aft er t h e en t ry o f t h e o rd er h e s eek s t o ap peal , h i s ap p eal i s u nt i m el y

. M o reo v er, acco rd i n g t o h i s ap p l i cat i o n, i n h i s m o t io n t o d i s m is s , Sm i t h arg u ed

t h at t h e t ri al co u rt l ack ed s u b ject -m at t er ju ri s d i ct i o n b ecau s e h i s i n di ct m en t was n ot

ret u rn ed i n o p en co urt

. Bu t s u ch a cl ai m is an at t ack o n t h e v al i d i ty o f h i s co nv i ct i o n s

.

1 Pu rs u an t t o Co u rt o f Ap p eal s Ru l e 3 1 (e), “ Th e ap pl i can t s h al l in cl ud e wi th

t h e ap pl i cat i o n a co p y o f an y p et i t i o n o r m ot i o n t h at l ed d i rect l y t o t h e o rd er o r ju d g m en t b ei n g ap p eal ed an d a co p y o f an y res p o n ses t o t he p et i t i o n o r m o t i o n .” In

v i o l at i o n o f t h i s ru l e, Sm i th h as fai l ed t o i n cl ud e a co p y o f h i s m o t i o n wi t h h i s

ap p li cat io n

. October 22, 2018See Th o m

p s o n v. S t a t e ,

_

_ Ga.

__ (3 ) (8 1 6 SE2 d 6 4 6

, 6 5 1 ) (2 0 1 8 ) (“ Ap p el l an t cl ai m s

t h at h i s co n v i ct i o n s are v o i d b ecau s e t h e reco rd d o es n o t s h o w t h at h i s i nd i ct m en t was

ret u rn ed i n o p en co u rt .”); Jo n es v. S t a t e , 29 0 Ga. Ap p

. 4 9 0

, 4 9 4 (2 ) (6 5 9 SE2 d 8 7 5 )

(2 0 0 8) (h o l d i n g t h a t at t ack s o n t h e i n d i ct m en t are es s en ti al l y at t em p t s t o h av e t h e ju d g m en t o f co n v i ct i o n v acat ed ). “ [A] p et i t i on t o v acat e o r m o d i fy a ju dg m en t o f

co n vi 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 n al cas e[,] ” an d an y ap p eal fro m an

o rd er d en y i n g or di sm i s s i n g s u ch a m o t i o n m u s t b e d i sm i s sed

. 2 Ha r

p er v. S t a t e , 2 8 6

Ga. 2 1 6 , 2 1 8 (1 ) (2 ) (6 86 SE2 d 7 8 6 ) (2 0 0 9).

Fo r t h es e reas on s , t h i s ap p l i cat i o 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 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 Sm it h co ul d h av e ch al l en g ed t h e fai l u re t o ret u rn t h e i n d ict m en t i n o p en co u rt

t h ro u g h a p l ea i n ab at em en t

, s ee, e.g ., S ta te v. B ro wn , 2 9 3 Ga. 49 3

, 49 3 (7 4 8 SE2 d

3 7 6 ) (2 0 1 3 ), b ut s u ch a m o t i o n m u s t b e fi l ed b efo re tri al

. See Fu l l er v. S ta t e , 1 8 2 Ga. Ap p . 6 1 4 , 6 1 5 (3 5 6 SE2 d 5 5 4 ) (1 9 8 7 ). 10/22/2018