Case Name: RIMES v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1987-04-09
Citations: 182 Ga. App. 721
Docket Number: 73763
Parties: RIMES v. THE STATE.
Judges: Deen, P. J., Banke, P. J., Carley and Pope, JJ., concur. Birdsong, C. J., McMurray, P. J., Sognier and Benham, JJ., dissent.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 182
Pages: 721–721

Head Matter:
73763.
RIMES v. THE STATE.
(356 SE2d 897)
Decided April 9, 1987
Rehearing Denied April 28, 1987
George A. Zettler, for appellant.
Spencer Lawton, Jr., District Attorney, John E. Morse, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Opinion:
Beasley, Judge.
The requirement of a timely filed notice of appeal is jurisdictional, even as to criminal cases, and, absent an extension, upon the failure to file such notice within 30 days after a judgment becomes final the appeal must be dismissed. OCGA § 5-6-38 (a) and 5-6-39. Melton v. State, 177 Ga. App. 134 (338 SE2d 701) (1985); Barthell v. State, 174 Ga. App. 459 (330 SE2d 180) (1985); Taylor v. State, 173 Ga. App. 745 (327 SE2d 860) (1985); Westerfield v. State, 169 Ga. App. 510 (313 SE2d 768) (1984); and the cases cited.
Appeal dismissed.
Deen, P. J., Banke, P. J., Carley and Pope, JJ., concur. Birdsong, C. J., McMurray, P. J., Sognier and Benham, JJ., dissent.