# 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 09 1 . PETERSON GERMAI N v . THE STATE.

Pet ers o n Germ ai n

, 1 wh i l e rep res en t ed b y co u ns el

, pl ed g ui l t y to fo rg ery i n t h e

t h i rd deg ree o n Au g us t 1 2

, 2 0 1 9

. On Sep tem ber 2 4

, 2 01 9

, Germ ai n fi l ed th i s p ro s e

ap p li cat io n fo r di s cret i o n ary ap p eal fro m h i s co nv i ct i o n

. H o w e v e r, a cri m i n al

co n vi ct i o n i s d i rect ly ap p eal ab l e an d req u i res n o ap p l icat i o n

. See OCGA § § 5 -6 -3 4

(a) (1 ) an d 5 -6 -3 5 (a).

W e wi l l g ran t an o t herwi s e t i m el y di scret io n ary ap p l i cat i o n i f th e l o wer co u rt ’ s

o rd er i s s u b

ject t o d i rect ap p eal

. See OCGA § 5 -6 -3 5 (j). Ho wev er, to fal l wi t h i n t h i s

g en eral ru l e t he ap pl i cat i on m u s t b e fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s o f en t ry o f t h e o rd er o r

ju d g m en t t o b e a p p eal ed

. See OCGA § 5-6 -3 5 (d ), (j). Here, Germ ai n fi l ed t h i s

ap p li cat io n 4 3 d ay s aft er en t ry o f t h e ju d g m en t

. Th e ap p l i cat i on is t h erefo re un t i m el y

,

an d i t i s h ereb y

DISM ISSED fo r l ack o f ju ri s d ict i on

.

To t he ex ten t t h at Germ ai n ’ s ri gh t to ap p eal h as b een fru s t rat ed b y erro rs o f

co u ns el

, h e m ay b e en t i t led t o an o ut -o f-t i m e ap p eal

. See Ro wl a n d v. S t at e

, 2 6 4 Ga.

8 7 2

, 8 7 5 -8 76 (2 ) (4 5 2 SE2 d 75 6 ) (1 9 9 5). He t h erefo re i s i n fo rm ed o f t he fo l l o wi n g

i n a c c ord an ce wi t h R o wl a nd

, 2 6 4 Ga. at 8 7 5 -8 7 6 (2 ): Th i s ap p li cat i o n h as b een

d i s m i s s ed b ecau s e y o u fai l ed t o fi l e a p ro p er ap p li cat i o n o r no t i ce o f ap p eal

. If y o u

s t il l wi s h t o a p p eal

, y o u m ay p et i t io n t h e t ri al co u rt fo r leav e t o fi l e an o u t -o f-t i m e

ap p eal

. If t h e t ri al co u rt gran t s y o u r req u es t

, y ou wi l l h av e 30 d ay s fro m t h e en t ry o f

1 Th e ju d g m en t o f co nv ict i o n s h o ws t h e ap p l i can t ’ s nam e as Germ ai n Pet ers o n,

b u t t h e ap pl i can t s i g n ed t h e j u d g m en t “ Pet ers o n Ge r m a i n ” an d fi l ed h i s p ro s e

ap p li cat io n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal as Pet ers o n Germ ai n

. October 17, 2019t h at ord er to fi l e a n o ti ce o f ap p e a l r eferen ci ng y o u r co n v i ct i o n. If t h e t ri al co u rt

d en ies y o u r req u es t

, y o u wi l l h av e 3 0 d ay s fro m th e en try o f t h at o rd er t o fi l e a n o t i ce

o f ap p e a l r e f

e ren ci n g t h e d en i al o f y o u r req u es t fo r an ou t -o f-t i m e ap p eal

.

Th e Cl erk o f Co u rt i s DIRECTED t o s en d a co p y o f t h is o rd er t o Germ ai n an d

t o h i s at to rn ey , an d t h e l at t er al s o i s DIRECTED t o s en d a co p y t o Germ ai n

.

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

. 10/17/2019