Snelson v. State

Pope, Judge.

1. The State has moved to dismiss defendant’s appeal based on defendant’s failure to file a timely notice of appeal and the absence of any proper authorization for an out-of-time appeal. “The requirement of a timely filed notice of appeal is jurisdictional, even as to criminal cases, and, absent an extension, upon the failure to file such notice within 30 days after a judgment becomes final the appeal must be dismissed.” Rimes v. State, 182 Ga. App. 721 (356 SE2d 897) (1987) and cits. The dissent’s assertions to the contrary, the Supreme Court’s decision in Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.…