December 17, 1998

Mr. Ahmond S. Dunnigan

EF349635 , E-2-41

Georgia State Prison

100 Georgia Highway 147

Reidsville , Georgia 30499-9701

Dear Mr. Dunnigan :

I am in receipt of the Application for Discretionary Appeal you sent to the Court of Appeals under cover of your mailing of December 14, 1998. Please be advised that pursuant to Official Code of Georgia Annotated section 5-6-4, the clerk is prohibited from receiving an application without the $80.00 filing fee or sufficient pauper's affidavit. To be a sufficient pauper's affidavit, the affidavit must be signed before a notary public and the notary public must sign and seal same.

Additionally, the application should be filed as an original and two copies, tabbed and indexed. Please bind all parts of the application together as a single document.

I have enclosed a copy of the rules of the Court of Appeals for your review.

Sincerely,

William L. Martin, III

Administrator/Clerk

Court of Appeals of Georgia

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Enclosure