Legal Opinion

Ross v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided November 13, 1981No. 62546PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Shulman, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from the revocation of five years of a probated sentence previously given appellant. The judgment of revocation was filed on April 3,1981. Appellant’s notice of appeal was filed on May 26, 1981, more than 30 days after the judgment was entered. The notice was, therefore, not timely filed. Code Ann. § 6-803.

“Even as to criminal cases, ‘the proper and timely filing of the notice of appeal is an absolute requirement to confer jurisdiction upon the appellate court.’ [Cits.] No extension of the time for filing having been granted, the appeal was untimely.”…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Grant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1981

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. McNeese v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1983

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