Court Opinion

ID: 9583549
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Date Created: 2023-08-21 22:39:44.05856+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:39:04.139735
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Carley, Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent to the judgment of the majority affirming the conviction and to the reasons therefor, because I believe that this case should not be considered on its merits, but should be dismissed because of mootness. The procedural chronology of this case is almost identical to that present in Baker v. State, 240 Ga. 431 (241 SE2d 187) (1978) in that, here, the “[n]otice of appeal was filed in the trial court *562on [June 24, 1982]. The record was docketed in this court on [August 13, 1982] and the defendant’s enumerations of error and brief were routinely filed on [September 20, 1982], albeit after the defendant was released from confinement on [September 8, 1982].” Baker v. State, supra (Emphasis supplied.) As did the Supreme Court in Baker, we should “decline to reach the merits of this appeal because the defendant has not demonstrated any efforts to expedite the appeal, preparation of record, etc., and has not shown, on this record, adverse collateral consequences as in Parris v. State, 232 Ga. 687, 689 (208 SE2d 493) (1974).” Baker v. State, supra. I would dismiss the appeal and, therefore, I dissent.