Case Name: WILLIS v. THE STATE
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1988-02-15
Citations: 186 Ga. App. 197
Docket Number: 75441
Parties: WILLIS v. THE STATE.
Judges: Birdsong, C. J., Deen, P. J., Banke, P. J., Carley, Sognier and Benham, JJ., concur. Pope and Beasley, JJ., dissent.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 186
Pages: 197–200

Head Matter:
75441.
WILLIS v. THE STATE.
(366 SE2d 778)

Opinion:
McMurray, Presiding Judge.
Appellant's motion for out-of-time appeal was denied on February 27, 1987. On April 2, 1987, appellant requested, by motion, an extension of time to prepare his appeal. Appellant filed a notice of appeal on May 6, 1987. Appellee moved to dismiss appellant's appeal "on the basis that he failed to file a notice of appeal within 30 days from the date of the entering of the Judgment appealed therefrom and further failed to file said appeal within 30 days from any extension which could have been granted in said case." On June 25, 1987, the superior court granted appellee's motion to dismiss appellant's appeal. Held:
OCGA § 5-6-38 requires that a notice of appeal be filed "within 30 days after entry of the appealable decision or judgment complained of . . ." (No motion of a type which would toll the running of the 30-day period was filed in the case sub judice.) OCGA § 5-6-39 (c) permits only one extension of time for filing of a notice of appeal "and the extension shall not exceed the time otherwise allowed for the filing of the notices initially." Accordingly, the superior court did not err in dismissing the underlying appeal from its order of February 27, 1987. See OCGA § 5-6-48 (b) (1); Hester v. State, 242 Ga. 173 (249 SE2d 547); Mayo v. State, 148 Ga. App. 213 (251 SE2d 80). Accord Hamby v. State, 162 Ga. App. 348 (291 SE2d 724).
Judgment affirmed.
Birdsong, C. J., Deen, P. J., Banke, P. J., Carley, Sognier and Benham, JJ., concur. Pope and Beasley, JJ., dissent.