# 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 7 A0 75 7 . MI CHAEL PARTEE v . THE STATE.

In 1 9 9 6

, M i ch ael Part ee p l ed g ui l t y t o t wo co un t s of p o s s es s i o n o f co cai n e wi th

i n t en t t o s el l

. In 2 0 1 0, t he t ri al co u rt d en i ed Part ee’ s “ M o t i o n t o Co rrect Il l eg al

Sen ten ce/ J ud g m en t ,” fro m wh i c h Part ee fi l ed an ap p eal

. Th i s Co u rt d i s m i s s ed

Part ee’ s ap p eal b ecau s e h e d i d n o t r a i s e a v al i d v o id s en t en ce cl ai m

. See Pa r t ee v.

S t a t e

, Cas e No

. A1 2 A0 0 8 5 (d eci d ed Sep t em b er 1 3

, 2 0 1 1). Part ee s u b s eq uen t l y fi l ed

a “ M o t io n t o Co rrect an d Cl ari fy Co n v i ct io n,” wh ich t h e t ri al co u rt d en ied i n 2 0 1 5.

Part ee fi l ed an ap p l icat i o n fo r di s cret i o n ary ap p eal fro m t h at o rd er, wh i ch t h i s Co u rt

d i s m i s s ed o n res j u d icat a g ro u n d s b ecau se h e h ad rai s ed t h e s am e i s s u e i n h i s

p rev i o u s ap p eal

. 1 See Pa r t ee v. S t a t e

, Cas e No

. A1 6 D0 3 5 5 (d eci d ed M ay 1 3

, 2 0 1 6 ).

Th ereaft er, Part ee, wh o co n ced es th at h i s s en t en ce i s co r r e c t

, a s ked t h e t ri al

co u rt t o reco ns i d er it s den i al of h i s m o t i o n t o co rrect an d cl ari fy t h e co nv i ct i o n

. Th e

t r i a l c ou rt d en i ed t h e m o t i o n t o reco n s i d er. Part ee t h en fi l ed an ap pl i cat i o n fo r

d i s cret i o n ary ap p e a l a n d t wo n o t i ces o f di rect ap p eal fro m t h at o rd er, o n e t o t h e

S u p r e m e C o u rt an d o n e t o t hi s Co u rt

. W e d is m i ss ed Part ee’ s di rect ap p eal o n t h e

g ro u nd s t h at t h e d en i al o f a m o t i o n fo r reco n s i d erat i o n i s n o t d i rect l y ap p eal ab l e, h i s

ap p eal was b arred b y res ju di cat a, an d hi s ap p eal was u n t i m el y

. See Pa r t ee v. S t a t e

,

Cas e No

. A1 7 A0 3 7 7 (d eci d ed Oct

. 2 7

, 2 0 1 6). In ad d it i on

, t h e Su prem e Co u rt

t ran s ferred b o t h Part ee’ s d irect ap p eal an d ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal t o t h i s

Co u rt

. W e d is m is s ed t h e ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i scret i o n ary ap p eal o n t h e g ro u n d t h at o u r

1 Part ee fi l ed a m o t i o n fo r reco n s i d erat i o n of t hi s Co u rt ’ s d i s m i s s al o rd er,

wh i ch was d en i ed o n J u n e 8 , 2 0 1 6

. January 12, 2017r u l i n g s i n t h e p ri o r ap p eal s were res ju d i cat a. See Pa rt ee v. S t a t e

, Cas e No

.

A1 7 D0 00 2 (d eci d ed Au g. 1 9 , 2 0 1 6 ).

Befo re u s n ow i s t h e di rect ap p eal t ran s ferred fro m t h e S u p rem e Co u rt

.

Becau s e, as w e s tat ed i n C a s e No

. A1 7 A0 3 7 7

, th e d en i al of a m o t i o n fo r

r e c o n s i d erat i o n i s n ot d i rect l y ap p eal ab le, B el l v. Co h r a n

, 2 44 Ga. Ap p

. 5 1 0

, 5 1 1

(5 3 6 SE2 d 1 8 7 ) (2 0 0 0 ), an d b ecau se “ [i ] t i s ax i o m at i c t h at t he s am e i s su e can n o t b e

rel i t i gat ed a d i n

f i ni t u m ,” Ech o l

s v. S t a t e

, 2 4 3 G a. Ap p

. 7 7 5

, 7 7 6 (5 3 4 SE2 d 4 6 4 )

(2 0 0 0), we l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n o v er t h i s t ran s ferred d i rect ap p eal

. Th e St at e’ s m o t i o n to

d i s m i s s t h i s d i rect ap p eal i s h ereb y G R A NTED, an d t h i s ap p eal i s h ereb y

DISM ISSED.

Gi v en t h at Part ee h as fi l ed s ev eral p ri o r m at t ers i n t h i s Co urt s eek i n g to ad d res s

t h e s am e i s s u e, t h i s ap p eal i s fri v o l o u s

. T h i s Co urt is em p o w ered t o im

p o s e s an ct i on s

u p o n a p a r t y wh o fi l es a fri v o l o u s ap p eal

. See Co u rt o f Ap p eal s Ru le 7

. W e t hu s

cau t i on Part ee ag ai n s t fi li n g fu tu re fri v ol o u s m at t ers i n t h is Co u rt as su ch wi l l res u l t

i n t he i m p o s i t i o n o f s an ct i o n s.

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f G e o r g ia

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, 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 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 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

. 01/12/2017