Court Opinion

ID: 9897142
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-11-14 19:07:44.818424+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:15:44.119891
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                         ATLANTA,____________________
                                                  November 07, 2023

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A0462. RANDOLF SMITH v. THE STATE.

      In 2013, Randolf Smith pled guilty to making terroristic threats and family
violence battery. In 2023, he filed a motion to withdraw his guilty pleas, which the
trial court dismissed for lack of jurisdiction in an order entered on August 9, 2023.
On September 25, 2023, Smith filed this direct appeal. We lack jurisdiction.
      A notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days of entry of the judgment or trial
court order sought to be appealed. OCGA § 5-6-38 (a). The proper and timely filing
of a notice of appeal is an absolute requirement to confer appellate jurisdiction on this
Court. See Kelly v. State, 311 Ga. 827, 828 (860 SE2d 740) (2021). Smith filed his
notice of appeal 47 days after entry of the order he seeks to appeal. Consequently, this
untimely appeal is hereby DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction.

                                         Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                                Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                          11/07/2023
                                                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.