Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,_________________ June 15, 2012 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A12A1974. DARNELL D. COLLINS v. THE STATE.

In 2008, Darnell D. Collins pled guilty to possession of cocaine and other offenses. Three years later, he filed a motion to correct his allegedly void sentence.

In an order entered on December 12, 2011, the trial court denied the motion. Fifty-six days later, on February 6, 2012, Collins filed a notice of appeal to this Court.

Pretermitting whether the order that Collins wishes to appeal is, in fact, appealable, this appeal is untimely. OCGA § 5-6-38 (a) requires that a notice of appeal be filed within 30 days of entry of the order on appeal. The proper and timely filing of a notice of appeal is an absolute requirement to confer jurisdiction upon this Court. Couch v. United Paperworkers Intl. Union, 224 Ga. App. 721 (482 SE2d 704) (1997). Collins’s failure to file a timely notice of appeal deprives us of jurisdiction to consider this appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED.

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia 06/15/2012 Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,_________________ 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.