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Kurtz v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Apr 27, 1967
155 S.E.2d 735 (Ga. Ct. App. 1967)

Opinion

42626, 42657.

SUBMITTED MARCH 7, 1967.

DECIDED APRIL 27, 1967.

Appellate procedure. DeKalb Superior Court. Before Judge Peeler.

Terence Kurtz, pro se, Jackson Cook, for appellant.

Richard Bell, Solicitor General, for appellee.


1. The notice of appeal in case No. 42626 was filed on the same day a motion for new trial was filed by appellant, December 8, 1966. An appeal from the judgment on the verdict brought while the case is pending on motion for new trial is premature and should be dismissed. See State Bank of Leesburg v. Hatcher, 106 Ga. App. 735 ( 128 S.E.2d 339). And such appeal is not brought to maturity or perfected by the subsequent overruling of the motion for new trial. However, if we should assume that the appeal was filed before the motion for new trial and assume further that this would not make the appeal premature, we are faced with the additional fact that the transcript of the evidence was not filed with the clerk of the lower court until January 13, 1967, more than 30 days after the notice of appeal was filed, which under Davis v. Davis, 222 Ga. 579 ( 151 S.E.2d 123) also requires a dismissal. Appeal in case No. 42626 dismissed.

2. Another notice of appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence was filed on January 25, 1967 (case No. 42657), after the overruling of the motion for new trial on January 16, 1967. The record was filed in this court on January 27, 1967. The enumeration of errors was filed on February 7, 1967. The enumeration of errors not having been filed within 10 days as required by law, this appeal in case No. 42657 must be dismissed. Yost v. Gunby, 221 Ga. 552 ( 145 S.E.2d 575); Undercofler v. McLennan, 221 Ga. 613 ( 146 S.E.2d 635).

Appeals dismissed. Bell, P. J., and Jordan, J., concur.

SUBMITTED MARCH 7, 1967 — DECIDED APRIL 27, 1967.


Summaries of

Kurtz v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Apr 27, 1967
155 S.E.2d 735 (Ga. Ct. App. 1967)
Case details for

Kurtz v. State

Case Details

Full title:KURTZ v. THE STATE (two cases)

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Apr 27, 1967

Citations

155 S.E.2d 735 (Ga. Ct. App. 1967)
155 S.E.2d 735

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