# 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 :

A2 2 A1 02 9 . W I LKES W OLFE v . THE STATE.

W i l k es W o l fe en t ered a g u i l t y p l ea t o v o l u n t ary m an s lau g h t er i n Au g u s t 2 0 1 5.

In Feb ru ary 2 0 2 1

, W o l fe fi l ed a p ro s e m o t i o n fo r leav e t o fi le an o u t -o f-t im e ap p eal

,

wh i ch t h e t ri al co u rt g ran t ed o n M ay 3

, 2 02 1

. At t h e co ncl u s io n o f t he h eari n g o n t h e

m o ti o n

, t h e co u rt i n fo rm ed W o l fe t h at h e wo u l d recei ve a co u rt -ap p o i n t ed l awy er fo r

h i s ap p eal

. On J u ly 19

, 2 0 2 1, t h e co u rt ap p o i n t ed co un s el t o rep res en t W o l fe “ in

co n nect io n w i th h i s m o t i o n t o m od i fy sen t en ce.” On Au g u st 1 9

, 2 0 2 1

, t h e co u rt

en t ered an am en d ed o rd er, ex p l ai n i n g t h at th e referen ce t o t h e m o t i o n t o m o d i fy

s en t en ce i n t h e J u l y 1 9 o rd er was a cl eri cal erro r, an d cl ari fy i n g t h at it was ap p o i n t i n g

co u ns el t o rep res en t W o lfe o n l y i n co n n ect i o n wi t h h i s o ut -o f-t im e ap p eal

. On Au g u s t

2 7

, 2 0 2 1

, co u n sel fi l ed a n o t i ce o f ap p eal fro m W o l f e ’s g u i lt y p l ea an d sen t en ce.

W o l fe t h en in fo rm ed c o u n s e l t h a t h e wan ted t o p ro ceed pro s e o n ap p eal

, an d t h e

co u rt en t ered an o rd er perm i t t i n g co u n s el t o wi t h draw o n Decem b er 1

, 20 2 1. W o l fe

fi led a p ro s e n o t i ce o f ap p eal on Decem b er 3

, 2 0 2 1. W e, ho wev er, l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n.

A d efen d an t g ran t ed an o u t -o f-t i m e ap p eal b y t h e tri al co u rt h as 3 0 d ay s fro m

t h e g ran t o f th e m o t i o n t o fi l e a n ot i ce o f a p p e a l

. See Ca r r v. S t a t e

, 2 8 1 Ga. 4 3

, 4 4

(6 3 5 SE2 d 7 6 7 ) (2 00 6 ) ; R o w l a n d v. S t at e

, 2 6 4 Ga. 8 7 2, 8 7 6 (2 ) (4 5 2 SE2 d 7 5 6 )

(1 9 9 5). Th e p ro per an d ti m el y fi l i n g o f a no t i ce of ap p eal i s an ab s o l u t e req u i rem en t

t o co nfer ju ri s d i ct i o n o n t h is Co u rt

. Ro wl a n d

, 2 6 4 Ga. at 8 7 2 (1 ). T he n o t i ce o f ap p eal

fi led b y co u n s el i s u n t i m el y

, as i t was fi l ed 1 1 6 d ay s aft er en try o f t h e o rd er g ran t i n g

t h e m o t io n fo r an o u t -o f-t i m e ap p eal

. W o lfe’ s p ro se n o t i ce o f ap p eal i s al s o un t i m el y

,

as i t was fi l ed 2 1 4 d ay s aft er t h e en t ry o f t h e ord er g ran t i n g th e m o t i o n fo r an o u t -o ft i m e ap p eal

. Acco rd i n g l y

, t h i s ap p eal i s h ereb y DISM ISSED fo r l ack of ju ri s d i ct i o n. March 11, 2022To t h e ex ten t W ol fe’ s ri gh t t o t i m el y s eek ap pel l at e rev i ew was fru st rat ed d u e

t o a t ri al co u rt erro r, h i s rem ed y i s t o p et i t i o n t h e tri al co urt t o v acat e an d re-en t er t h e

o rd er at is s u e i n t h e m an n er d es cri b ed i n Ca mb r o n v

. Ca na l In s

. Co

. , 2 4 6 Ga. 1 4 7,

1 4 8 -1 4 9 (1 ) (2 6 9 SE2 d 4 2 6 ) (1 98 0 ), d i s ap p ro v ed i n p art b y W r i g h t v. Y o u n g

, 2 9 7 Ga.

6 8 3 , 6 8 4 , n . 3 (7 7 7 SE2 d 4 7 5 ) (2 0 1 5 ).

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 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

. 03/11/2022