Court Opinion

ID: 9908383
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-12-08 17:03:47.574703+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:49:10.778756
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                       ATLANTA,____________________
                                                December 08, 2023

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A0648. MALOY BROOKS v. THE STATE.

      On May 1, 2015, Maloy Brooks was convicted of two counts of entering an
automobile and one count of theft by taking. On June 20, 2023, he filed a notice of
appeal from the judgment of conviction to the Georgia Supreme Court, which
transferred the case to this Court. See Case No. S24A0199 (Nov. 7, 2023). We lack
jurisdiction.
       A notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days after entry of the order to be
appealed. OCGA § 5-6-38 (a). The proper and timely filing of a notice of appeal is
an absolute requirement to confer jurisdiction on this Court. Davis v. State, 330 Ga.
App. 711, 711 (769 SE2d 133) (2015). Because Brooks’s notice of appeal was filed
more than eight years after his judgment of conviction was entered, it is untimely.
Accordingly, this appeal is hereby DISMISSED.

                                       Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                              Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                        12/08/2023
                                              I certify that the above is a true extract from
                                       the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia.
                                               Witness my signature and the seal of said court
                                       hereto affixed the day and year last above written.

                                                                                      , Clerk.