# 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,_

_ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _

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 43 0 . TAMMY TERRELL SMI TH v . THE STATE.

On J u l y 1 6

, 2 0 1 8

, Tam

m y T errel l Sm i t h p l ed g u i l ty t o p o s s es si o n o f d ru g

rel at ed o b ject s

, w i t h th e s ti p u l at i o n t h at s h e co u l d ap p eal t h e d en ial o f h er m o t i o n to

s u p p res s . Th e t ri al co urt verb al l y sen t en ced Sm it h to 1 2 m o n t h s p ro b at i o n an d 1 0 0

h o u rs co m

m u n i ty s erv i ce. On J u l y 17

, 20 1 8, b efo re t h e t ri al co u rt red u ced i t s ru l i n g

t o a wri t ten s en t en ci n g o rd er, Sm i t h fi l ed a n ot i ce ap p eal fro m h er co n vi ct i o n

, an d t h e

cas e w as t ran s m i t t ed t o t h i s Co u rt

. Th e St at e h as fi l ed a m o t i o n t o d i s m is s t h e ap p eal

,

arg u i n g th at t hi s Co urt d oes n o t h av e j u ri s d i ct i o n wi t h o u t a wri t t en ju d g m en t fro m t h e

t ri al co u rt . W e ag ree.

A cri m i n al cas e rem ai n s p en d i n g u n t il t h e co u rt en t ers a wri tt en j u d g m en t o f

co n vi ct i o n an d s en t en ce. Kel l er v. S t a t e

, 2 7 5 Ga. 6 8 0

, 6 8 0

- 6 8 1 ( 5 7 1 SE2 d 8 0 6 )

(2 0 0 2); see al s o Cu r r

y v. S t a t e

, 2 4 8 Ga. 1 8 3

, 1 8 5 ( 4 ) (2 8 1 SE2 d 6 0 4 ) (1 9 81 ) (“ An

o ral d ecl arat i o n as t o wh at th e s en t en ce s h al l b e i s n ot t h e s en ten ce of t h e co u rt ; t h e

s en t en ce s ig n ed b y t h e j u d g e i s ”). Un t i l s u ch j u d gm en t i s en t ered

, an y n o t i ce o f

ap p eal i s p rem at u re. A cri m i n al defen d an t m ay en t er a p rem at u re no t i ce o f ap p eal

,

an d t h at n ot i ce o f ap p eal ri p en s u p o n en t ry o f t h e t ri al co urt ’ s f in al o rd er. See

Li vi n g s t o n v. S t a t e , 2 21 Ga. Ap p

. 56 3

, 5 6 4 -5 6 8 (1 ) (4 7 2 SE2 d 3 17 ) (1 9 9 6 ); Okr o ss

v. S t a t e , 2 0 5 Ga. Ap p . 6 9 4, 6 9 5 (4 2 3 SE2 d 2 9 1 ) (1 9 9 2 ). Ho wev er, i f t h e t ri al co u rt

n ev er en t ers a fi n al ju d g m en t in t h e cas e, we l ack ju ri sd i ct i o n o v er t h e ap p eal

. See

Okr os s

, 2 0 5 Ga. Ap p

. at 6 9 5 (“ In th e ab sen ce o f a fi n al o rd er, w e are co n s t rai n ed to

h o l d t h at n o fi n al ju dg m en t has b een en t ered i n t h e cas e an d j u ri sd i ct i o n rem ai n s

v es t ed i n t he t ri al co u rt .”).

Here, t h e ap p el l at e reco rd d o e s n o t co n t ai n a co p y o f t h e t ri al co urt ’ s November 05, 2018wri t ten ju d g m en t

. “ Aft er s uch en try

, th e cas e m ay b e tran s m i t t ed t o t h i s [C] o u rt fo r

re-d ock et i n g becau se t h e n o t i ce o f ap p eal

, p rem at u rel y fi l ed

, t h en wi ll h av e ri p en ed .”

Ba s s v. S ta t e , 2 8 4 Ga. Ap p

. 3 3 1, 3 3 2 (6 4 3 SE2 d 8 5 1) (2 00 7 ).

Acco rd i ng l y

, t h e St a t e’ s m o t i o n t o d i s m i s s i s GRANTED, an d t h i s ap p eal 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

,

_

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 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

. 11/05/2018