Court Opinion

ID: 9590671
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:57:30.734421+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:40:13.516026
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Carley, Chief Judge,
concurring specially.
I fully agree with the majority that under Rimes v. State, 182 Ga. App. 721 (356 SE2d 897) (1987) and many other decisions, the failure of appellant to timely file a notice of appeal in this case is jurisdictional and that the appeal therefore must be dismissed. However, contrary to the majority, I do not believe that Johnson v. State, 183 Ga. App. 168 (358 SE2d 313) (1987) is distinguishable as a matter of law. It is my opinion that this Court was as effectively deprived of jurisdiction by the late filing of the notice of appeal in Johnson as the majority correctly holds is true in the present case. I would overrule Johnson v. State, supra.
I am authorized to state that Presiding Judge Deen joins in this special concurrence.