Joseph Mahaffey v. State

Opinion

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia

ATLANTA,____________________ October 16, 2019

The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order:

A20A0423. JOSEPH MAHAFFEY v. THE STATE.

In 2008, Joseph Mahaffey was convicted of armed robbery and false imprisonment. He filed a motion for new trial, which the trial court denied. Mahaffey did not appeal at that time. In 2014, Mahaffey filed a pro se motion for out-of-time appeal. The trial court denied the motion, and Mahaffey filed a notice of appeal. The notice stated, “The Court of Appeals Georgia and the Supreme Court of Georgia [have] the appellate jurisdiction in this matter[.]” The trial court clerk transmitted the appellate record both to this Court and to the Supreme Court. The appeal was docketed here as Case No. A19A22441 and in the Supreme Court as Case No. S19A1431. The Supreme Court transferred Case No. S19A1431 to us upon finding that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction, and the case

1 We subsequently dismissed the appeal because Mahaffey failed to file a brief and enumeration of errors. See Case No. A19A2444 (dismissed Aug. 5, 2019). was re-docketed here as the instant appeal. Because this case is duplicative of Case No. A19A2444, it is hereby DISMISSED.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 10/16/2019 I certify that the above is a true extract from the minutes of the Court of Appeals of Georgia. Witness my signature and the seal of said court hereto affixed the day and year last above written.

, Clerk.