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A p p ea ls

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ATLANTA,_

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o f Ap p ea l s h er eb y p a s s es t h e f

o ll owi n g o r der :

A2 1 A1 67 6 . RANDY MAI N E v . THE STATE.

In Ap ri l 2 0 1 8

, Ran d y M a i n e w a s co n v i ct ed o f fam i l y v io l en ce ag g rav at ed

as s au l t an d ag g rav at ed b at t ery

. M ai n e d i d n o t fi l e a di rect ap peal fro m h i s co n v i ct i o n.

Al m o s t t wo y ears l at e r

, i n M a r ch 2 0 2 0, M ai n e fi l ed a p ro se “ Mo ti o n t o M o d i fy

S e n t e n c e.” On M ay 1 1, 2 0 2 1

, t h e t ri al co u rt d en i ed t h e m o ti o n

, fi n d i n g i t l a c k e d

ju ri s d i ct i o n t o m od i fy M a i n e’ s s en t en ce, 1 an d Mai n e fi l ed t h i s ap p eal

. W e l ack

ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

Un d er OCGA § 1 7 -1 0 -1 (f), a co u rt m ay m o d ify a s en t en ce d u r i n g t h e y ear

a f t e r i t s i m p o s i ti o n o r wi t h i n 1 2 0 d ay s aft er rem it t i t u r fo l lo wi n g a di rect ap p eal

,

wh i ch ev er i s l at er. Fr a z i er v. S t a t e

, 3 0 2 Ga. Ap p . 3 46 , 3 4 8 (6 9 1 SE2 d 2 4 7 ) (2 0 1 0 ).

O n c e

, as h ere, th is s tat u t o ry p eri o d ex p i res

, a t ri al co urt m ay m o d ify o n ly a v o i d

s en t en ce. Id

. A s en ten ce i s v o i d i f t h e co u rt i m p os es p u n i s h m en t t h at t h e l aw d o es n ot

al l o w

. Jo n es v. S ta t e

, 2 7 8 Ga. 6 6 9

, 6 7 0 (6 0 4 SE2 d 4 8 3 ) (2 0 0 4 ). W h en a s en t en ce fal l s

wi t h i n t h e s tat u t o ry ran g e o f p u n is h m en t

, i t i s n o t v o i d an d is n o t s ub ject to

m o d i f i cat i o n b ey o n d t he t i m e p ro v i d ed i n § 1 7 -1 0 -1 (f). See id

. Here, Mai n e was

s en t en ced t o t wen t y y ears fo r fam i l y v i o l en ce ag g rav at ed as s au l t a n d t e n ye a rs fo r

ag g rav at ed b at t ery

, an d t h es e se n t e n ces fal l w i t hi n t h e ap p l i cab le s tat u to ry ran g es

.

See OCGA § § 1 6-5 -2 1 ; 1 6 -5 -2 4

. M o reo ver, a d i rect a p p e a l do es n o t l i e fro m t h e

1 Th e co u rt i n it i al l y den i ed M ai n e’ s m o t io n i n an o rd er en t ered o n M ay 8

, 2 0 2 0,

b u t re-en t er e d i t s o rd er at M ai n e’ s req u es t p urs u an t to Ca mb r on v. Ca n a l In s

. Co

. , 2 4 6 Ga. 1 4 7 (2 6 9 SE2 d 4 2 6 ) (1 9 8 0 ), d i s ap p ro v ed i n p art b y W r ig h t v. Y o u n g

, 2 9 7 Ga.

6 8 3

, 6 8 4

, n .3 (7 7 7 SE2 d 4 7 5 ) (2 0 1 5 ), b ecau s e i t was u n cl ear i f M ai n e t i m el y recei v ed

n o t i ce o f t h e M ay

8 o rd er. July 13, 2021d en ial o f a m o t i o n t o m o d ify a s en t en ce fi led o u t s i d e t h e s t at ut o ry t i m e p eri o d u n l es s

t h e m o t i on rai s es a co l o rab l e cl ai m t h at t h e sen t en ce is

, i n fact

, v o id

. Fr a z i er

, 3 0 2 Ga.

Ap p . at 3 4 8

.

In h i s m o t i o n to m o d i fy h i s s en t en ce, Mai n e arg ued t h at h e s h o u l d hav e b een

s en t en ced t o l es s t im e b e c a u s e t h e ch arg es aro s e o u t of m ut u al co m

b at

, h i s

co n vi ct i o n s s h o u ld h av e m erg ed

, an d t h e i n d i ct m en t fai led t o es t ab l i s h v en u e. Th es e

co n ten t i o n s ch al l en g e t h e v al i d i t y o f h is u n derl y i ng co n v i ct i on s an d d o n o t s t at e

co l o rab l e v o i d-s en t en ce cl ai m s

. See vo n Th o m a s v. S t a te

, 29 3 Ga. 5 6 9

, 5 72 (2 ) (7 4 8

SE2 d 4 4 6 ) (2 0 13 ) (“ M o t i on s t o v acat e a vo i d s en t en ce g en eral l y are l i m i t ed t o cl ai m s

t h at

– ev en as s um in g t h e ex i st en ce an d v al id i t y of t h e co nv i ct i o n fo r w h i c h t h e

s en t en ce was im

p o s ed

– t he l aw d o es n ot au t h o ri ze t h at s en t en ce, m o s t t y p i cal l y

b ecau s e i t ex ceed s t h e m o st s ev ere p u n i s h m en t fo r wh ich t he ap p l i cab l e p en al s t at u t e

p ro v id es .”); W

i l l i a ms v. S ta t e

, 2 8 7 Ga. 19 2

, 1 93 -1 9 4 (6 9 5 SE2 d 2 4 4) (2 0 10 ) (m erg er

cl ai m ch al len g es cri m in al co n v i ct i o n

, n o t sen t en ce). To th e ex t en t t h at M ai n e’ s

m o ti o n co u l d b e co n s t ru ed as a m o t i o n t o v acat e h i s co n v i ct i o n

, “ a p et i t i o n t o v acat e

o r m o d i fy a ju d g m en t o f co n v i ct i o n i s n o t an ap p ro p ri at e rem ed y i n a cri m i nal cas e[,] ”

Ha r per v. S t at e

, 2 8 6 Ga. 21 6

, 2 1 8 (1 ) (6 8 6 SE2 d 7 8 6 ) (2 0 0 9 ), an d an y ap p eal fro m

an o rd er d en y i n g or d i sm i s s i ng s u ch a m o t i on m u s t b e d i s m i s sed , s ee i d . at 2 1 8 (2 );

acco rd Ro b er t

s v. S t a t e , 2 8 6 Ga. 5 3 2

, 5 3 2 (6 9 0 SE2 d 1 5 0 ) (2 0 1 0 ).

Fo r t h es e reas on s , t h i s ap p eal i s h ereb y DISM ISSED.

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f s a i d c o u r t

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, C l e r k

. 07/13/2021