Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-01-29 15:03:37.51093+00
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                         ATLANTA,____________________
                                                  January 29, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A0892. CURTIS LEE ROGERS v. THE STATE.

      Following a jury trial, Curtis Lee Rogers was convicted of three counts of
forgery and sentenced to fifteen years, with the first ten to be served in incarceration
and the balance on probation. This Court affirmed Rogers’s convictions on appeal.
Rogers v. State, 363 Ga. App. 794 (872 SE2d 770) (2022). Rogers subsequently moved
in the trial court for an order “clarifying” his sentence. Specifically, Rogers sought to
have the trial court amend his sentence to make clear that he was to be given credit for
time served while awaiting trial. The trial court entered an order denying that motion
on October 10, 2023. Approximately three months later, on January 12, 2024, Rogers
filed this direct appeal from the trial court’s order. 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). “Compliance with this
statutory deadline for filing a notice of appeal is an ‘absolute requirement’ to confer
jurisdiction on an appellate court.” Collier v. State, 307 Ga. 363, 371 (2) (834 SE2d
769) (2019) (citation omitted). Here, Rogers filed his notice of appeal 94 days after
entry of the trial court’s order denying his motion. Accordingly, we are without
jurisdiction to consider this appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED.

                                         Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                           Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                       01/29/2024
                                                    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.