Court Opinion

ID: 9569270
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Date Created: 2023-08-21 20:12:14.868012+00
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Carley, Judge,
concurring specially.
I concur in the majority’s determination that this Court is without jurisdiction over this direct appeal and that the case must be dismissed. I would like to add that D. C. E. v. State of Ga., 130 Ga. App. 724 (204 SE2d 481) (1974) is on all fours with the instant case in that in D. C. E., as here, the court entering the order adjudicating the juvenile delinquent transferred the case to another county for a dispositional hearing. Compare G. W. v. State of Ga., 233 Ga. 274 (210 SE2d 805) (1974) involving an adjudication of juveniles who were non-residents of the State of Georgia.
The majority concludes its opinion by stating: “Since there is no certificate for immediate review in this case, the appeal must be dismissed.” While cases cited in the majority opinion and D. C. E., cited in this special concurrence, do refer only to the necessity of a certificate of immediate review, the applicable Code section, OCGA § 5-6-34 (b) was amended in 1975 to require not only a certificate for immediate review entered by the trial court, but also the grant of an application for interlocutory appeal by the appellate court. Ga. Laws 1975, p. 757. Therefore, since July 1, 1975, the mere timely entry of a certificate of immediate review by the trial judge, without the subsequent grant of an application for interlocutory appeal, has not been sufficient to confer jurisdiction on the appellate court. Accordingly, since the order of adjudication in this case was not final and there being neither a certificate of immediate review nor a subsequent grant of an *293application for interlocutory appeal, this Court is without jurisdiction over this case.
Decided March 9, 1988.
Charles M. Taylor II, for appellant.
Willis B. Sparks III, District Attorney, Thomas J. Matthews, Vernon R. Beinke, Assistant District Attorneys, for appellee.
I am authorized to state that Presiding Judge Deen joins in this special concurrence.