# 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 7 D0 16 1 . ROBERT BAEZ v . THE STATE.

In 1 9 9 4

, a ju ry fo u nd Ro bert Baez g u il t y o f t raffi ck i n g i n co cai n e. W e affi rm ed

h i s co nv i ct i o n o n ap p eal

. See Ba ez v. St a te

, 2 1 7 G a. Ap p. 5 1 1 (4 58 SE2 d 6 5 8 )

(1 9 9 5). In Sep t em

b er 20 1 6

, he fi l ed a m o t i o n req u es t i ng th e t ran scri pt o f t he g ran d

ju ry p ro ceed i ng s, wh i ch t h e t ri al co u rt d en ied

. He h as fi l ed an ap p l i cat i o n f o r

d i s cret i o n ary

rev i ew o f t h at d en i al

.

Al t h ou g h Baez i n cl u d ed a co p y o f t h e t ri al co urt ’ s o rd er, wh i ch s h o ws t h at i t

was s i g n ed b y t h e j u d ge o n O ct o b er 1 1

, 20 1 6

, t h e o rd er was n o t a s t am p ed “ fi l ed ”

co p y as req u ired b y Co u rt o f Ap p eal s Ru l e 3 1 (e). W i t h o u t s u ch a co p y o f t h e o rd er,

we can no t as cert ai n i f t he ap p l i ca t i on was fi l ed wi t h in 3 0 day s o f t h e day i t was

en t ered by t h e tri al co u rt cl erk

, w h i ch i s a ju ri s d ict i o n al prereq ui s i t e. See OCGA § 5

-

6 -3 5 (d ); Bo

yl e v. S t a t e

, 1 90 Ga. Ap p

. 7 3 4 (3 8 0 SE2 d 5 7 ) (1 9 8 9 ). Acco rd i n g l y

, o n

No v em b er 3

, 2 0 1 6

, we ord ered Baez t o su p p l e m e n t h i s ap p l i cat i o n wi t h i n t en day s

wi t h a s t am

p ed “ fi l ed ” co p y o f t h e o rd er t o b e ap peal ed

. W e p ro v i d ed t h at fai l u re to

co m p l y w i th t h i s d i rect i ve wo u l d res u l t i n d i s m i s s al o f t h e ap p l i cat io n

. Baez h as n ot

s u b m i t t ed a s t am

p ed “ fi l ed ” co p y o f t h e o rd er, an d m o re t han t en d ay s h av e p as s ed

s i nce o u r o rd er o f No v em b er 3

.

Baez h as fi l ed a m o ti on fo r an ex t en s i o n o f t im e t o fi le a s t am p ed “ fi l ed ” co py

o f t h e ord er, o r, in t h e al t ern at i v e, fo r th i s Co u rt t o ord er th e t ri al co u rt cl erk t o

fo rward t o t h i s Co u rt a st am ped “ fi l ed ” c o p y o f t h e o rd er. Baez’ s arg u m en t i n h i s

m o ti o n t h at h e h as m ad e effo rt s t o o b t ai n a s t am p ed “ fi l ed ” co p y o f th e o rd er, b u t h as

b een u nab le t o o b t ai n s u ch a co p y fro m th e tri al co u rt cl erk

, d o es n o t ex cu s e t h e

req u i rem en t i m

p o s ed u p o n hi m b y Co u rt o f Ap p eal s Ru l e 3 1 (e). W i t h o u t a s t am p ed November 29, 2016“ fi l ed ” co p y

, we are u n ab l e t o en t ert ai n ju ri s d ict i o n o v er t h i s c a s e

. A c c o rd i n g l y

,

Baez’ s m o t i o n i s h ereb y

DENIED, an d h i s ap p l i 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 t i f y th 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 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

. 11/29/2016