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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 14 2 . STEPHEN MI C HAEL W EI HROUCH v . THE STATE.

In Oct o ber 2 0 1 2

, St ep h en M i ch ael W ei h ro u ch pl ed gu i lt y t o s ev eral offen s es

,

i n cl u d i n g t h eft b y b ri n g i n g s t o len p ro p ert y i n t o t h e St at e. W ei h ro u ch s u b s e q u e n t l y

fi l e d a m ot i o n t o wi t h d raw h i s g u i l t y p l ea, wh i ch t h e t ri al co u rt d en i ed o n t h e b as i s

t h at i t was fi l ed aft er t h e t erm o f c o u rt i n wh i ch sen t en ce was en t ered

. W ei h ro u ch

fi led th i s ap p li cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal

.

Th e d en i al of a m o t io n t o wi t h d raw a g u i l t y p l ea m ay b e ap p eal ed d irect l y

. See

S mi th v. St a t e

, 2 83 Ga. 3 7 6 (6 5 9 SE2 d 3 8 0 ) (2 0 0 8 ). Ord i n ari l y

, i f a p art y ap p l i es fo r

d i s cret i o n ary rev i ew o f a d i r ect l y ap p eal ab l e o rd er, we g ran t t he ap p l icat i o n u n d er

OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (j). To fal l wi t h i n t h i s g en eral ru le, h o wev er, t h e ap p l i cat i o n m u s t b e

fi led wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s o f en t ry of t h e o rd er t o b e ap p eal ed

. See OCGA § 5-6 -3 5 (d ) &

(j); Hi l l v. S t a t e , 2 0 4 Ga. Ap p

. 5 8 2 (4 2 0 SE2 d 3 9 3 ) (1 9 9 2 ).

Al t h ou g h W ei h ro u ch i ncl u d ed a co p y o f t he t ri al co u rt ’ s o rd er wi t h h i s

ap p li cat io n

, i t was no t a s t am p ed “ fi led ” 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). W i t h o u t t h e s t am ped “ fi l ed ” co p y o f t h e o rd er, we can no t a s c e r t a i n i f t h e

ap p li cat io n was fi l e d w i t h i n 3 0 d ay s

, wh i ch i s a ju ri s di ct i o n al req u i rem en t

. See

OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ); Bo yl e v. S t a t e

, 19 0 G a. Ap p

. 7 3 4 (3 8 0 SE2 d 57 ) ( 1 9 8 9 ).

Acco rd in g ly

, o n No v em b er 1 3, 2 0 14

, we o rd ered W ei h r o u c h t o s u p p l em en t h i s

ap p li cat io n wi t h i n t en d ay s wi t h a st am p ed “ fi l ed ” co p y o f t he o rd er t o b e ap p eal ed

.

W e p ro vi d ed t h at fai l u re t o co m p l y wi th t h i s d i rect iv e w o u l d res u l t i n d i s m i s sal o f t h e

December 04, 2014ap p li cat io n

. W e i h r o u ch h as n ot s u bm i t t ed a s t am p ed “ fi l ed ” co p y of t h e o rd er, an d

m o re t h an t en d ay s h av e p as s ed s i n ce t h e No vem b er 1 3

, 2 01 4 o rd er. Acco rd i n g l y

,

W ei h ro u ch ’ s ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret io n ary ap peal i s h ereb y DISM ISSED.

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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

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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

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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

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, C l e r k

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