GA Code § 5-6-51 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 5 - Appeal and Error|Chapter 6 - Certiorari and Appeals to Appellate Courts Generally|Article 2 - Appellate Practice|§ 5-6-51. Forms

 The following suggested forms are declared to be sufficient, but any other form substantially complying therewith shall also be sufficient:   (1) Notice of appeal - Civil cases.   IN THE __________ COURT OF __________ COUNTY   STATE OF GEORGIA   ______________ ) Plaintiffs ) ) v. ) Civil action ) File no. ________ ) ______________ ) Defendants )   NOTICE OF APPEAL   Notice is hereby given that ________ and ________, defendants above-named, hereby appeal to the ______________ (Court of Appeals or Supreme Court) from the ________ (describe order or judgment) entered in this action on  (date)  ,   . Motion for new trial (or motion for judgment n.o.v., etc.) was filed and overruled (or granted, etc.) on  (date)  ,   . The clerk will please omit the following from the record on appeal: 1. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________________________ Transcript of evidence and proceedings will/will not be filed for inclusion in the record on appeal. This court, rather than the (Court of Appeals or Supreme Court) has jurisdiction of this case on appeal for the reason that ________. Dated: ________________________. __________________________ Attorney for appellants __________________________ Address   (CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE)   (2) Notice of appeal - Criminal cases.   IN THE __________ COURT OF __________ COUNTY   STATE OF GEORGIA   _____________ ) The State (etc.) ) ) ) (Indictment) v. ) (Accusation) ) No. __________ _____________ ) Defendant )   NOTICE OF APPEAL   Notice is hereby given that _____________, defendant above-named, hereby appeals to the _____________ (Court of Appeals or Supreme Court) from the judgment of conviction and sentence entered herein on  (date)  ,   . The offense(s) for which defendant was convicted is (are) ______, and the sentence(s) imposed is (are) as follows: _____________. Motion for new trial (or motion in arrest of judgment, etc.) was filed and overruled on  (date)  ,   . The clerk will please omit the following from the record on appeal: 1. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________________________ Transcript of evidence and proceedings will/will not be filed for inclusion in the record on appeal. This court, rather than the (Court of Appeals or Supreme Court) has jurisdiction of this case on appeal for the reason that ________. Dated: ________________________. __________________________ Attorney for appellant __________________________ Address   (CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE)   (3) Notice of cross appeal.   IN THE __________ COURT OF __________ COUNTY   STATE OF GEORGIA   ____________ ) Plaintiffs ) ) v. ) Civil action ) File no. ______ ) ____________ ) Defendants )   NOTICE OF CROSS APPEAL   Notice is hereby given that ________, one of the defendants above-named, hereby cross appeals to the __________ (Court of Appeals or Supreme Court) from the ______________ (describe order or judgment) entered in this action on  (date)  ,   . Notice of appeal was heretofore filed on  (date)  ,   . The clerk will please include the following in the record on appeal, all of which were designated for omission by appellant: 1. _______________________________________________________________________ 2. _______________________________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________________________ Transcript of evidence and proceedings (will be filed) (will not be filed) (has already been designated to be filed by appellant) for inclusion in the record on appeal. Dated: ________________________. _____________________________________________________________________ Attorney for cross appellant _____________________________________________________________________ Address   (CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE)   Enumeration of errors.   Cross references.   - Objection to failure to comply with Appellate Practice Act, Rules of the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia, Rule 20.   Objections to records or transcripts, Rules of the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia, Rule 47.   Code Commission notes.   - The sentences in paragraphs (1) and (2) relating to motion for new trial or motion for judgment n.o.v. would be included only where such a motion was filed, for the purpose of showing that the time for appeal from the judgment complained of had been automatically extended under Code Section 5-6-38.   Law reviews.   - For article, "The Appellate Procedure Act of 1965," (Art. 2, Ch. 6, T. 5), see 1 Ga. St. B.J. 451 (1965). For article, "1966 Amendments to the Appellate Procedure Act of 1965," (Art. 2, Ch. 6, T. 5), see 2 Ga. St. B.J. 433 (1966). For article, "The 1967 Amendments to the Georgia Civil Practice Act (Ch. 11, T. 9), and the Appellate Procedure Act (Art. 2, Ch. 6, T. 5)," see 3 Ga. St. B.J. 383 (1967).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   ANALYSIS    General Consideration   Enumeration of Error    RESEARCH REFERENCES   2 Am. Jur. Pleading and Practice Forms, Appeal and Error, §§ 67, 69.   ALR.    - Failure, due to fraud, duress, or misrepresentation by adverse party, to file notice of appeal within prescribed time, 149 A.L.R. 1261.   Adequacy of defense counsel's representation of criminal client regarding venue and recusation matters, 7 A.L.R.4th 942.