March 27, 1998

Mr. Del'Rico Cortez

EF335317 , HCD -1

Georgia State Prison

Reidsville , Georgia 30499

RE:	A97A0612 . Del'Rico Je'Pin Cortez v. The State

Dear Mr. Cortez:

I am in receipt of the Notice of Record Retrieval mailed under cover of your letter of postmark date March 24, 1998. Please be advised that the remittitur in the above referenced matter went out on December 9, 1996. On December 22, 1997, in accordance with this Court's record retention schedule, the record and transcript in the above matter were recycled.

If you wish a copy of the transcript in this matter, you will need to contact the clerk of the trial court, Ms. Juanita Hicks, Clerk, Superior Court of Fulton County.

Sincerely,

William L. Martin, III

Administrator/Clerk

Court of Appeals of Georgia

WLM , III/ld