Court Opinion

ID: 9960882
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Date Created: 2024-04-17 15:06:07.26183+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:19:58.707767
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                        ATLANTA,____________________
                                                 April 17, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24A1205. MOUSSA DIARRA v. THE STATE.

      On December 1, 2023, Moussa Diarra filed a notice of appeal, seeking review
of the trial court’s September 1, 2023 order denying his pro se motions for speedy trial
and for change of venue. This Court lacks jurisdiction.
      Pretermitting the various substantive issues raised by this appeal, Diarra’s
notice of appeal is untimely. A notice of appeal must be filed within 30 days of entry
of an 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. Redford v.
State, 357 Ga. App. 247, 250 (850 SE2d 447) (2020). Here, Diarra’s notice of appeal
was filed 91 days after entry of the trial court’s September 1, 2023 order.
      Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction to consider this appeal, which is hereby
DISMISSED.

                                        Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                          Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                      04/17/2024
                                                   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.