Court Opinion

ID: 4660496
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Date Created: 2021-02-16 20:04:30.065527+00
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Court of Appeals
of the State of Georgia

                                        ATLANTA,____________________
                                                 February 11, 2021

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A21A0915. MATTHEW HORNER v. THE STATE.

      Matthew Horner was convicted of one count each of aggravated child
molestation and aggravated sodomy and two counts of child molestation; he filed a
motion for new trial, which the trial court denied. This Court affirmed his convictions
on appeal in an unpublished opinion. See Horner v. State (Case No. A13A2374,
affirmed Mar. 27, 2014). Horner subsequently filed an extraordinary motion for new
trial, which the trial court denied. Horner then filed this direct appeal. We lack
jurisdiction.
      An order denying an extraordinary motion for new trial must be appealed by
application for discretionary appeal. See OCGA § 5-6-35 (a) (7); Balkcom v. State,
227 Ga. App. 327, 329 (489 SE2d 129) (1997). Horner’s failure to follow the
requisite appellate procedure deprives us of jurisdiction to consider this appeal, which
is hereby DISMISSED.

                                        Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia
                                               Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________
                                                                         02/11/2021
                                               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.