# 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 :

A1 5 D0 37 1 . ROBERT LEE RHODES v . THE STATE.

Ro b ert Lee Rh od es p led g u i l t y to t raffi ck in g i n co cai ne i n 2 01 2

. Rh o d es fi l ed

a m ot i o n t o s et as id e t he ju d g m en t i n wh i ch h e req u es t ed t hat h i s p lea b e s et as i d e, 1

wh i ch th e t ri al co u rt d en i ed

. On Ap ri l 1 5, 2 0 1 5

, Ro b ert Lee R h od es fi l ed an

ap p li cat io n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal fro m t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s o rd er. Rh o des i n cl u d ed a

co p y o f t h e co u rt ’ s o rd er, bu t t h e o rd er w as n o t a s tam ped “ fi l ed ” co p y as req u i red by

Co u rt o f Ap p eal s Ru l e 3 1 (e).

Wi t h o u t t h e s t a m

p e d “f i l e d ” c o p y o f t h e o r d e r

, w e c a n n o t a s c e r t a i n i f t h e

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

, wh i ch i s a j u r i s d i c t i on al req u i rem en t

. 2 See

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

, 1 9 0 Ga. Ap p

. 7 3 4 (3 8 0 SE2 d 5 7) (1 9 8 9 ).

Acco rd in g ly , Rh o des ’ s ap p l i cat i o n i s h ereb y DISM ISSED.

Ev en i f th e ap pl icat i o n h ad b een t i m el y

, h owev er, i t wo ul d hav e b een s u b ject

t o d i s m is s al

. In Ro b er t

s v. S ta t e, t he Su p rem e Co u rt m ad e cl ear t h at a m o t i o n s eek i n g

t o ch al len g e an al l eg ed ly i n v al i d o r v o i d ju d g m en t o f co n v ict i on “ i s no t o n e o f t h e

es t ab l i s h ed p ro ced ures fo r ch al l en g i n g t h e val i d i t y o f a ju d g m en t i n a cri m i nal cas e.”

1 W e can n o t d et erm i n e t he d at e th at Rh o d es fi l ed h i s m o ti o n fro m t h e

ap p li cat io n m at eri al s

. An ap pl i can t t o t h i s Co u rt b ears th e b u rd en o f d em on s t rat i n g

t h at h is ap p l i cat i o n s h o u l d b e g ran t ed

. See Ha rp er v. Ha r p er

, 2 5 9 Ga. 2 4 6 (3 7 8 SE2 d

6 7 3 ) (1 98 9 ). An ap p l i can t m u st “ i n cl u d e a co p y o f an y p et i t i o n or m o t io n wh i ch l ed

d i rect l y t o th e o rd er o r ju d g m en t b ei n g ap p eal ed

. . . .” OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (c); Co u rt o f

Ap p eal s Ru l e 3 1 (b ).

2 Al t h ou g h t h e ord er di d n o t co n t ai n a s t am p ed “ fi l ed ” d at e, t h e o rd er was

s i gn ed b y t h e ju d g e o n M arch 1 1

, 2 0 1 5

. Rh o d es ’ s ap p l i cat i o n was fi l ed 35 d ay s l at er. May 14, 2015Ro b er t

s v. S t a te

, 2 8 6 Ga. 5 3 2 (6 9 0 SE2 d 1 5 0) (2 0 1 0 ). Th u s

, Rh o d es i s no t au t h o ri zed

t o co l l at eral l y at tack h i s co n v ict i o n i n t h i s m an n er. See i d .; M a t h er l ee v. St a t e

, 3 0 3

Ga. Ap p . 7 6 5 (6 94 SE2 d 6 6 5 ) (2 0 1 0 ).

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, C l e r k

. 05/14/2015