State v. Glover

The majority broadly holds that “an order dismissing an appeal is not an order that the State has a right to appeal under OCGA § 5-7-1...” Under that statute, however, the State may appeal from *634any order, including a dismissal of its appeal, “where the court does not have jurisdiction or the order is otherwise void under the Constitution or laws of this state...OCGA§ 5-7-1 (a) (5). See also State v. Sumlin, 281 Ga. 183, 184 (2) (637 SE2d 36) (2006). Even prior to the enactment of subsection (a) (5), the appellate courts of this state have held “that, ‘(notwithstanding the provisions of OCGA §…