Court Opinion

ID: 4539377
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Date Created: 2020-06-05 15:02:59.004789+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:46:25.232162
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                       ATLANTA,____________________
                                                June 05, 2020

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A20A1912. YEVETTE B. FREEMAN v. MARY HALL FREEDOM HOUSE,
    INC.

      This case began as a dispossessory proceeding in magistrate court. The
magistrate court ruled that landlord Mary Hall Freedom House, Inc., was entitled to
a writ of possession, and Yevette Freeman appealed to the state court. The state court
found in favor of the landlord, and Freeman filed this direct appeal. We lack
jurisdiction.
      Appeals from state court decisions reviewing lower court decisions by
certiorari or de novo proceedings must be initiated by filing an application for
discretionary appeal. OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (11); Strachan v. Meritor Mortgage Corp.
East, 216 Ga. App. 82, 82 (453 SE2d 119) (1995). “Compliance with the
discretionary appeals procedure is jurisdictional.” Smoak v. Dept. of Human
Resources, 221 Ga. App. 257, 257 (471 SE2d 60) (1996). Freeman’s failure to follow
the proper procedure deprives us of jurisdiction over this direct appeal, which is
hereby DISMISSED.

                                       Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                              Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                        06/05/2020
                                              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.