Fredericks v. State

Carley, Judge.

“ ‘The filing of a notice of appeal in the manner and within the time prescribed by the Appellate Practice Act is necessary to confer jurisdiction upon this court. If a notice of appeal is not filed within 30 days from a “judgment, ruling or order entitling the appellant to take an appeal” then this court has no jurisdiction from the outset. . .’ [Cit.]” Underwood v. State, 164 Ga. App. 109 (296 SE2d 365) (1982).

Appellant’s notice of appeal states, in essential part, only the following: “Comes now defendant in the above styled cause, and files this his Notice of Appeal to the…