# 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 8 . J AMES DANDY UYANNA v . THE STATE.

J am es Dan d y Uy an na p l ed g u i lt y t o fi n an ci al card f r a ud

. Acco rd in g t o Uy an na,

h e fi l ed a m o t i o n t o co n t es t hi s co n v i ct i o n o n t he bas i s t h at h i s t ri al co un s el fai l ed to

i n fo rm h i m o f t h e i m

m i g rat i o n co n s eq u en ces o f h i s p l ea. 1 Th e tri al co u rt en t ered an

“ Ord er D en y i n g Defen d an t ’ s M o t i on t o Vacat e Sen t en ce” o n J u ne 18

, 20 1 8

. On J u l y

2 5

, 20 1 8

, Uy an n a fi l ed an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap peal t o t h e Su p rem e Co u rt

,

wh i ch t ran s ferred th e ap p l i cat i o n t o t h is Co urt

. See Cas e No

. S1 8 D1 6 3 2 (t ran s ferred

Au g u s t 2 3 , 2 0 1 8 ). W e, h o wev er, l ack ju ri s d i ct io n

.

Fi rs t

, an ap p l i c a t i o n fo r d i s cret i o nary ap p eal m us t b e fi l ed wi th 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

. OC GA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ). Th e req u i rem en t s of OCGA

§ 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 p eal n ot

m ad e i n co m

p l i an ce t h erewi t h

. Bo

yl e v. S t a t e

, 1 9 0 Ga. Ap p

. 7 34 (3 8 0 SE2 d 5 7 )

(1 9 8 9). Becau s e Uy an n a fi l ed h i s d i s cret i o n ary ap p l i cat i o n in th e Su p rem e Co u rt 3 7

d ay s aft er t h e t ri al co urt i s s u ed i t s o rd er, h is ap p l i cat i o n i s u n t i m el y

.

Seco n d

, ev en i f Uy an n a’ s ap p l i cat i on h ad b een t i m el y fi l ed

, t h is Co u rt wo u l d

s t il l l ack ju ri s di ct i o n

. “ M o t i o n s t o v acat e a v o i d s en t en ce g en eral l y are l i m i t ed to

cl ai m s t h at

– ev en as su m i n g t h e ex i s t en ce an d v al i d i t y o f t h e co n v i ct i o n fo r wh i ch t h e

s en t en ce was im

p o s ed

– t he l aw d o es n ot au t h o ri ze t h at s en t en ce, m o s t t y p i cal l y

b ecau s e i t ex ceed s t h e m o st s ev ere p u n i s h m en t fo r wh ich t he ap p l i cab l e p en al s t at u t e

p ro v id es .” Vo n Th oma s v. S t a t e

, 2 9 3 Ga. 5 6 9

, 5 7 2 (2 ) (7 48 SE2 d 4 46 ) (2 0 1 3 ).

1 U ya n n a h as n o t i n cl u d ed a co p y o f t h e m o t i o n wi t h hi s ap p l i cat i o n

, as i s

req u i red b y

Co u rt o f Ap peal s Ru l e 3 1 (e). October 01, 2018Uy an n a h as n ot rai s ed t h at cl ai m

. M o reo ver, t o t h e ex t en t th at Uy an n a’ s m o t i o n

co u ld b e co n s t ru ed as s eek i ng t o v a c a t e o r m o d i fy h i s co n v i ct io n s

, “ a p et i t i o n to

v acat e o r m o d i fy a ju d g m en t of co n v i 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

, ” i d

. at 2 18 (1 ), an d an y ap p eal fro m an o rd er d en y i n g o r d i s m is s i n g s u ch a

m o ti o n m u s t b e d i s m is s ed

. See i d

. at 21 8 (2 ); s ee al s o Ro b er ts v. S t a t e

, 2 86 Ga. 5 3 2,

5 3 2 (6 9 0 SE2 d 1 5 0 ) (2 0 1 0 ). Fo r t h es e reas o n s

, we l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n to co n s i d er

Uy an n a’ s ap p l i cat i on , wh ich 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 i s 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 t n 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

. 10/01/2018