Full Opinion

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ August 24, 2026 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A26A1632. LARRY BILLOUPS v. STATE. In 2023, Larry Billoups pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to register as a sex offender and was sentenced to five years, with the first 180 days to be served in a detention center and the balance on probation. After Billoups violated general conditions of his probation by again failing to register as a sex offender and failing to report to the community supervision office, the State filed a petition to revoke his probation. The trial court granted the revocation petition and entered an order requiring Billoups to serve the balance of his sentence in confinement. Billoups filed this direct appeal from the trial court’s order. We lack jurisdiction. Appeals from probation revocation orders must be made by application for discretionary appeal. See OCGA § 5-6-35(a)(5); Jones v. State, 322 Ga. App. 269, 269 n. 2 (745 SE2d 1) (2013). Compliance with the discretionary appeals procedure is jurisdictional. Hair Restoration Specialists v. State of Georgia, 360 Ga. App. 901, 903 (862 SE2d 564) (2021) (failure to comply with the discretionary appeal procedure, where applicable, requires dismissal of the appeal). Consequently, Billoups’s failure to comply with the proper procedure deprives us of jurisdiction over this appeal, which is hereby DISMISSED. Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia Clerk’s Office, Atlanta,____________________ 08/24/2026 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.