Wicks v. State, S03A0728.
| Decision Date | 22 September 2003 |
| Docket Number | No. S03A0728.,S03A0728. |
| Citation | 277 Ga. 121,587 S.E.2d 21 |
| Parties | WICKS v. The STATE. |
| Court | Georgia Supreme Court |
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Calvin Lamar, Jr., Atlanta, for appellant.
Paul L. Howard, Jr., Dist. Atty., Bettieanne C. Hart, Anna E. Green, Asst. Dist. Attys., Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Madonna M. Heinemeyer, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Marika Wicks appeals from his convictions for malice murder, armed robbery, aggravated assault, hijacking a motor vehicle, and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony.1 This Court has a duty to consider the question of its jurisdiction in any case in which doubt arises concerning the existence of such jurisdiction. Rowland v. State, 264 Ga. 872(1), 452 S.E.2d 756 (1995). In the present case, the Attorney General has suggested that this Court is without jurisdiction to consider the appeal because the notice of appeal was not timely filed. A review of the record compels us to agree.
Although the notice of appeal in this case was filed within 30 days of the denial of Wicks's motion for new trial, the motion for new trial was filed almost two years after sentence was imposed for the offenses involved here. That being so, the motion for new trial was void and did not toll the 30-day limit for filing a notice of appeal. Porter v. State, 271 Ga. 498-499, 521 S.E.2d 566 (1999). An absolute requirement to confer jurisdiction upon the appellate court is a properly and timely filed notice of appeal. Rowland v. State, supra, 264 Ga. 872, 452 S.E.2d 756. Because the time for filing the notice of appeal was not tolled by the void motion for new trial (Porter, supra), the notice of appeal filed two years after conviction and sentencing was not timely filed and does not invoke the jurisdiction of this Court. Rowland, supra. Since this Court cannot grant Wicks an out-of-time appeal (Porter, supra), the appeal must be dismissed.
If Wicks wishes to pursue appellate relief, he can seek an out-of-time appeal in the trial court. Rowland, supra. Following the procedure we established in Rowland, a copy of this opinion shall be sent to Wicks and a copy shall be sent to his appellate counsel with direction to send a copy to Wicks. If Wicks subsequently seeks and obtains permission from the trial court to pursue an out-of-time appeal, he then will have 30 days within which to file his notice of appeal to this Court to commence the appeal of his convictions. If the trial court denies an out-of-time appeal, Wicks will have 30 days to file a notice of appeal to ...
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