Legal Opinion
Shouse v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided December 2, 1988No. 77355PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Beasley, Judge.
Defendant’s notice of appeal, taken from a judgment entered on October 20, 1987, was filed on December 9. This of course, was not timely, OCGA § 5-6-38 (a). Upon filing, defendant contended below that he did not learn of the judgment until December 4, 1987, and requested permission to appeal out of time.
Under OCGA § 15-6-21 (c) the trial court was required to notify the attorney of the losing party of its decision on the motion. Pro se defendant should have been notified. If he was not, the failure would not extend the time for filing a notice of appeal. Robinson v. Kemp Motor…
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