Ahmed Olasunkanmi Salau v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ July 17, 2018 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A18D0527. AHMED OLASUNKANMI SALAU v. THE STATE. Ahmed Olasunkanmi Salau’s case was placed on the dead docket on June 12, 2018. Salau filed an application for discretionary appeal from that order. We, however, lack jurisdiction. Placing a case on the dead docket constitutes neither a dismissal nor a termination of a prosecution in the accused’s favor; the prosecution remains pending and can be reinstated at the trial court’s pleasure. State v. Creel, 216 Ga. App. 395 ( 454 SE2d 804 ) (1995). As such, there has been no final judgment entered in Salau’s case. Accordingly, Salau was required to follow the interlocutory appeal procedures under OCGA § 5-6-34 (b) to appeal the trial court’s order. Salau’s failure to comply with those interlocutory procedures deprives this Court of the jurisdiction to consider this case, and this case is hereby DISMISSED. Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 07/17/2018 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.