Legal Opinion

Evans v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 5, 1999No. A98A2471PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, acting pro se, was tried before the trial court and found guilty of disregarding a stop sign in violation of OCGA § 40-6-72 (b). Defendant, acting pro se, filed this appeal after the court’s entry of its judgment of her conviction and sentence. Held:

1. The State moves to dismiss defendant’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction, asserting that defendant “tried to file her appeal on time but did so in the wrong court. . . .”

The record shows that the judgment of defendant’s conviction and sentence was entered in the State Court of Cobb County, Georgia, on June 11,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Greer v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
  3. Bass v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1993
  4. Walls v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Sawyer v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002
  2. Sawyer v. City of AtlantaCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2002

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