Court Opinion

ID: 9927611
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Date Created: 2024-01-29 16:04:43.920367+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:23:30.978702
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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:

A24A0800. DAVID SHERWOOD TUDAY v. THE STATE.

      On June 28, 2023, David Sherwood Tuday entered a guilty plea to driving
under the influence and speeding, and the trial court sentenced him to 24 months,
with 120 days to serve, and the remainder on probation, and with the jail time
suspended upon Tuday’s entry into and complying with the requirements of Cherokee
County Veterans Treatment Court. On August 3, 2023, the court found that Tuday
had violated his probation and entered an order revoking his probation and ordering
him to serve 12 months in the Cherokee County Detention Center. On November 9,
2023, Tuday filed a notice of appeal to this Court, seeking to appeal his June 28, 2023
judgment of conviction and sentence. We, however, lack jurisdiction.
      A notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days after entry of the appealable
order. 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 Tuday’s notice of appeal was filed 134 days
after entry of his conviction and sentence, it is untimely.1 Accordingly, we lack
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.

      1
        Tuday’s notice of appeal is also untimely as to the August 3, 2023 probation
revocation order. Moreover, appeals from probation revocation orders must be made
by application for discretionary appeal. See OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (5).