Court Opinion

ID: 9897131
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Date Created: 2023-11-14 19:07:35.820454+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:16:04.767463
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                        ATLANTA,____________________
                                                 November 08, 2023

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A0293. SHAVEZ FLEWELLEN v. THE STATE

      In 2018, Shavez Flewellen pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter as a lesser
included offense of malice murder and possession of a firearm by a first offender
probationer. Flewellen filed a motion for out-of-time appeal, which the trial court
granted on August 9, 2021. On July 13, 2023, Flewellen filed a notice of appeal in
which he acknowledged that Cook v. State, 313 Ga. 471, 506 (5) (870 SE2d 758)
(2022) abrogates out-of-time appeals but argues that the Due Process Clause and his
Sixth Amendment Rights entitle him to a direct appeal. We lack jurisdiction.
      Pretermitting Flewellen’s argument, 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. See Davis v. State, 330 Ga. App. 711, 711 (769 SE2d 133) (2015).
Because Flewellen’s notice of appeal was filed almost two years from the trial court’s
order and more than five years after his judgments of conviction were entered, it is
untimely.
      Accordingly, this appeal is hereby DISMISSED.

                                        Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                               Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                         11/08/2023
                                               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.