SEALS v. STATE

S20G0931.

860 S.E.2d 419 (2021)

SEALS v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: June 18, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence W. Daniel , Lawrence W. Daniel, PC, 1079 Northcliffe Drive, NW, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, James Kenneth Luttrell , P.O. Box 4104, Canton, Georgia 30114, for Appellant.

Ryan Reese Leonard , District Attorney, Sarah Elizabeth Hilleren , Elizabeth Dalia Racine , Douglas County District Attorney's Office, 8700 Hospital Drive, Douglas County Courthouse, Douglasville, Georgia 30134, Sean Alexander Garrett , Assistant County Attorney, DeKalb County Department of Law, Manuel J. Maloof Center, Fifth Floor, 1300 Commerce Drive, Decatur, Georgia 30030, for Appellee.


Defendants in criminal cases may take immediate appeals from final judgments, which OCGA § 5-6-34(a)(1) defines as when "the case is no longer pending in the court below[.]" In applying this familiar principle, we have often dismissed for lack of jurisdiction appeals in criminal cases because verdicts have been rendered or...

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