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A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

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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 :

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Th i s cas e b eg an as a di s p o s s es s o ry p ro ceed i n g i n m ag i s t rat e co u rt

. Fo l l o wi n g

an ad v ers e ru l i n g i n t h at co u rt , d efen d an t s M arv i n B

. Sm i t h
, III, an d Sh aro n Sm i th

ap p eal ed t o t h e s u p eri o r co u rt , wh i ch en tered ju d g m en t i n fav o r of th e p l ai n t i ff. Th e d efen d an t s t h en ap p eal ed d irect l y t o t h is Co u rt , an d t h e ap p eal was d i s m i s s ed b as ed

u p o n t h e Sm i t h s ’ fai l ure t o fo l l o w t h e d i scret i o n ary ap p ea l p r o c ed u re. See Cas e Nu m b er A1 7 A0 6 6 3 , d i s m i s s ed Dec. 1 3 , 2 0 1 6

. Th e Sm i t h s s u b s eq u en t l y fi l ed a m ot i o n to s e t as i d e i n t h e s u peri o r co u rt , ch al l en g i n g t h e v al i d i t y o f t h e u n d erl y i n g ju d g m en t

. On Sep t em b er 5
, 2 0 1 7
, t h e

s u p eri o r co u rt en t ered an o rd er d en y i n g t h e m o t i o n. Th e Sm i t h s fi led an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal f r o m th i s ru l i n g o n Oct o b er 4
, 2 0 1 7

. 1 W e, h owev er, l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n

. Gen eral ly
, an ap p li cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o nary ap peal m ay b e fi l ed wi t h in 3 0 day s

o f en t ry o f t h e o r d er o r j u d gm en t s o u g h t t o b e ap p eal ed

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (d ).
Th e u n d erl y in g s u b

ject m at t er o f an ap p eal
, h o wev er, co n t ro l s o v er th e rel i ef s o u g ht
i n d et erm i n i ng t h e p ro p er ap p el l at e p ro ced u re. See Reb i ch v. Mi l es , 2 6 4 Ga. 4 6 7
, 4 6 7

- 4 6 8 (4 4 8 SE2 d 1 92 ) (1 9 9 4 ). Th e un d erl y in g s ub ject m a t t e r h e re i s a d i s po s s es s o ry ju d g m en t

. Un d er OCGA § 4 4 -7 -5 6
, an ap p eal fro m a di s p o s s es s o ry j u d gm en t m u s t b e fi l ed wi t h in s ev en d ay s o f t h e d at e t h e ju d g m en t was en t ered

. See R a y M. W r i g h t
, In c. v. Jo n es , 2 3 9 Ga. Ap p . 5 2 1 , 5 2 2 -5 2 3 (5 2 1 SE2 d 4 5 6 ) (1 9 9 9 ).

1 Th e Sm i th s d i rect ed t h ei r ap p l i cat i on t o t he Su p rem e Co u rt , wh i ch
t ran s ferred i t t o t h i s Co u rt

. December 14, 2017Here, t h e Sm i t h s fi l ed t h ei r ap pl i cat i o n 2 9 d ay s aft er t h e s u p eri o r co urt ’ s o rd er

was en t ered

. Acco rd i n g l y , t h e ap p l i cat io n i s u n ti m el y an d i s t h erefo re DISM ISSED
fo r l ack o f ju ri s di ct i o n

. 2

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 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

.

2 W e d o n ot ad dres s wh et h er t h e ap p l i cat i o n i s al so b arred b y t h e l aw o f t h e

cas e ru l e. See OCGA § 9 -1 1 -6 0 (h ) (ru l i n g s b y an ap pel l at e co urt are b i n di n g as t h e l aw o f t h e cas e an d m ay n o t b e s et as i d e); W

i ll i a ms v. S t a t e , 3 3 5 Ga. Ap p . 4 6 8
, 4 6 9 (1 ) (7 8 1 SE2 d 7 91 ) (2 0 1 6 ) (ap p el l at e co urt ’ s d i s m i s s al o f ap p eal effect i v el y affi rm ed t h e l o wer co u rt ’ s ru li ng an d b ecam e t h e l aw o f t h e cas e). 12/14/2017