# 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 D0 08 3 . W I LLI AM A. ACREE v . THE STATE.

In No v em

ber 2 0 14

, t h e t r i a l c o u rt en t ered an o rd er rev o k in g W i l l i am A.

Acree’ s fi rs t -o ffen d er p ro b at i o n

. T h e r e aft er, Acree’ s ap p l i cat i o n s eek i n g a

d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal o f t h at o r d er was d i s m is s ed as un t i m el y

. See Cas e No

.

A1 7 D 0 0 5 3 (d i s m is s ed Sep t em b er 1 4, 20 1 6). Acree fi l ed a seco n d ap p l i cat i o n fo r

d i s cret i o n ary ap peal o f t h e s am e o rd er as s ert i n g h i s ri g h t t o fi l e a t i m el y ap p l i cat i o n

was fru s t rat ed b y i n effect i v e as s i s tan ce o f co u n s e l

. W e d i s m i s s ed t h i s s eco n d

u n t i m el y ap p l i cat io n

, b u t n o t ed t h at t h e t ri al co u rt m u st fi rs t d et erm i n e wh et her Acree

was co n s t i tu t io n al l y en t i t led t o co u n s el at t h e rev o cat i o n h eari n g an d

, i f s o

, wh et h er

t h at ri g ht was v i o l at ed b y fo l l o w i n g t h e p ro ced ures s et fo rt h i n In th e In t er es t o f B.

R. F.

, 2 9 9 Ga. 2 94

, 2 98 -2 9 9 (7 8 8 SE2 d 4 1 6) ( 2 0 1 6 )

. See Cas e No

. A1 7 D0 1 4 0

(d i s m i s sed No v em

b er 9

, 2 0 1 6 ). Acree su b s eq u en t l y fi l ed p ro s e m o t i o n s t o s et as i d e

h i s co n v i ct i o n an d s en t en ce an d fo r t ran scri p t s o f hi s p ro b at i o n rev o cat i o n h eari n g in

t h e t ri al co urt . On J u l y

2 7 , 2 01 8 , t h e t ri al co u rt en t ered an o rd er d i s m i s s i n g t h e p ro

s e m o t i on s an d ad v is i n g Acree t h at h e co u l d s ti l l fi l e a m ot i o n t o d et erm i n e wh et h er

h e was en t i t l ed t o co u n s el at h i s p ro b at i o n rev o cat i o n

. Acree t hen fi l ed t h i s

ap p li cat io n fo r d i s cret i o nary ap p eal o n Au gu s t 2 9, 2 0 18

. W e, h o wev er, l ack

ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

T o b e t i m el y

, an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal m u s t b e fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0

d ay s o f t h e en t ry

o f t h e o rd er o r ju dg m en t t o be ap peal ed

. See OCGA § 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 icat io n fo r ap p eal n o t m ad e i n co m p l ian ce t h erewi t h

. See Bo yl e v. S t a t e

, 1 9 0

Ga. A p p. 7 34

, 7 3 4 (3 8 0 SE2 d 5 7 ) (1 9 8 9 ). Becau s e Acree d i d n ot fi le h i s ap p l i cat i o n September 18, 2018fo r d i scret i o nary ap p eal u n ti l 3 3 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 p eal

,

h i s ap p li cat i o n i s u n t i m el y

. Acco rd i n g l y

, t h i s ap p l i cat i o n i s h ereb y DISM ISSED fo r

l ack o f ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

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 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

. 09/18/2018