# 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 0 D0 23 2 . MALCOM J AMAL CONNER v . THE STATE.

In 2 0 08

, M al co m J am al Co n n er p l ed g u i l t y t o o n e co u n t o f v o l u n t ary

m an s l a u g h t er, fi v e co u n t s of ag g rav at ed as s au l t

, t wo co un t s of arm ed ro bb ery , an d

t wo co u n t s o f th eft b y recei v i n g s t o l en p ro p ert y , an d t he t ri al co urt s en t en ced h i m to

a t o t al o f 3 0 y ears , w i t h t he fi rs t 2 0 y ears t o b e s erv ed i n co n fi n em en t an d t h e

rem ai n d er o n p ro b at io n

. Th ere i s n o i n d icat i o n i n t h e reco rd th at Co n ner d i rect l y

ap p eal ed h i s ju dg m en t o f co n vi ct i o n

. Recen t ly

, Co n n er fi l ed a “ s u pp l em en t al o u t -o ft i m e ap p eal m o ti o n ,” wh i ch th e t ri al co urt d en i ed o n Sep t em b er 2 0

, 2 0 1 9

. O n

No v em b er 6

, 2 0 1 9

, Co n n er fi l ed t h e i n st an t ap p l i ca t i on fo r d i s cret i on ary rev i ew o f

t h at t ri al co u rt o rd er i n t h e Su prem e Co u rt

, wh i ch tran s ferred i t to t h i s Co u rt

. See

Su p rem e Co u rt Cas e No . S2 0 D0 4 8 6 (t ran s ferred Dec. 2

, 2 01 9 ).

W e l a c k ju ri s d i ct i o n b ecau se, p ret erm i t ti n g wh et h er Co n n er h as a ri g h t to

d i r e c t l y ap p eal t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s o rd er, 1 h is ap p l i cat i o n i s u n t im el y

. To b e ti m el y, a n

ap p li cat io n m

u s t b e fi l ed wi th i n 3 0 d a ys o f en t ry o f t he o rd er t o b e ap p eal ed

. See

OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ). Here, Co n n er fi l ed h is ap p l i cat i o n 4 7 d ay s aft er t h e t ri al co urt ’ s

1 Th e d en i al o f a m o t i o n fo r o u t -o f-t i m e ap p eal i s d i rect ly ap p eal ab l e w h en t h e

co n vi ct i o n at i s s u e h as n o t b een t h e s u b ject o f a d irect ap p eal

. See En gl i s h v. S t a t e , 3 0 7 Ga. Ap p

. 54 4

, 5 4 5 n .4 (7 0 5 SE2 d 6 6 7) (2 0 1 0); Lu n s f o r d v. St a t e , 2 37 Ga. Ap p. 6 9 6

, 6 9 6 (5 1 5 SE2 d 1 9 8 ) (1 99 9 ). Gen eral l y , i f a p art y ap p li es fo r d i s cret io n ary rev i ew

o f a di rect l y ap peal ab le o rd er, t h i s Co u rt g ran t s th e ap p l i cat i o n u n d er OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (j). To fal l wi th in t hi s g en eral ru l e, h o wev er, t h e ap p l i cat i o n m u s t be fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0

d ay s o f en t ry o f th e o rd er t o b e ap p eal ed

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ); Hi ll v. S t a t e , 2 0 4 Ga. Ap p . 5 8 2 , 5 8 2 (4 2 0 SE2 d 3 9 3 ) (1 9 9 2 ). January 10, 2020o rd er w as en tered

. Hi s ap p l i cat io n i s t h erefo re u nt i m el y an d s u bject t o d is m i s s al

. See

Cr o s so n v. Co nwa

y , 2 9 1 Ga. 2 2 0

, 22 0 (1 ) (7 2 8 SE2 d 6 1 7 ) (2 0 1 2 ); s ee al s o Bo yl e v.

S t a t e , 1 9 0 Ga. Ap p

. 73 4

, 7 3 4 (3 8 0 SE2 d 57 ) (1 9 8 9 ) (“ Th e req u i rem en t s o f O C G A

§ 5- 6

- 3 5 are ju ri s d i ct i o n al an d t h i s [C] o u rt can n o t accep t an ap p eal n ot m ad e in

co m p l ian ce t h erewi t h .”). Acco rd i n g l y , t h i s ap p li cat i o n 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 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

. 01/10/2020