Court Opinion

ID: 9927135
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-01-26 14:03:30.632866+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:23:58.560150
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                       ATLANTA,____________________
                                                January 26, 2024

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A24D0206. TYRON MARQUISS HARRIS v. THE STATE.

      Tyron Marquiss Harris filed in the trial court a pro se motion to modify
sentence. On August 9, 2023, the court entered an order dismissing the motion,
explaining that it had ruled already on a previous motion to modify sentence. Harris
filed this discretionary application on November 22, 2023, in the Supreme Court of
Georgia, which transferred the application to this Court. We lack jurisdiction.
      To be timely, a discretionary application must be filed within 30 days of entry
of the order to be appealed. OCGA § 5-6-35 (d). This statutory deadline is
jurisdictional, and we cannot accept an application for appeal not made in compliance
with OCGA § 5-6-35 (d). See Boyle v. State, 190 Ga. App. 734, 734 (380 SE2d 57)
(1989). Here, Harris’s application was filed 105 days after entry of the August 9,
2023 order.1 Because Harris’s application for discretionary appeal is untimely, we lack
jurisdiction to consider the application, which is hereby DISMISSED.

                                        C our t of Appeals of the State of G eorgia
                                           Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                    01/26/2024
                                                   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
       In his application, Harris indicates that he wishes to appeal a trial court order
entered on August 21, 2023. However, he has not included with his application any
such order, and his application also would be untimely as to an August 21, 2023 order.