# C o u rt o f

A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

G eo rg ia

ATLANTA,_

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Th e Co u rt

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 :

A1 6 D0 04 8 . RI C O T. W R I GHT v . THE STATE.

Ri co T. W ri g h t

, w h o i s p ro ceed i ng p r o s e , was co n vi ct ed o f t wo co u n ts o f

ag g rav at ed as s au l t

. W ri g h t ch al l en g ed h i s co n v i ct i on s b y di rect ap p eal t o t h i s Co u rt

,

an d t h e ju d g m en t w a s affi rm ed

. W ri g ht v. St a t e , 3 0 2 G a. Ap p

. 1 01 (6 9 0 SE2 d 2 2 0 )

(2 0 1 0). Pro ceed i n g p r o s e , W ri g h t h as fi l ed t h i s ap p l icat i o n fo r d is cret i o nary ap p eal

fro m an ord er d en y in g h i s “ M o t i o n t o Vacat e Vo i d J u d g m en t ,” i n wh i ch h e arg u es

t h at h i s ag g rav at ed as sau lt co n v i ct i o n s s h o ul d h av e b een m erg e d

. W e l ack

ju ri s d i ct i o n fo r t w o reas on s

. Fi rs t

, we h el d o n di rect ap p eal t h at t h e ju ry was au t h o ri zed t o co n vi ct W ri g ht

o n b o t h co u n ts o f ag g rav at ed as s au l t

. Id

. at 1 0 2 (1 ). Th i s Co u rt ’ s affi rm an ce i s r es
j u d i ca t a

. S t i r l i n g v. S t a t e , 1 9 9 Ga. Ap p. 87 7 (4 0 6 SE2 d 2 8 2 ) (1 9 9 1 ). “ It i s ax i o m at i c

t h at t h e s am e i s s u e can n o t b e rel i t i g at ed a d in f i n i t u m

. Th e s am e i s t ru e o f ap p eal s o f

t h e s am e i s s u e o n t h e sam e g ro u n d s

. ” Ech o l s v. S t a t e , 2 4 3 Ga. Ap p

. 77 5

, 7 7 6 (5 3 4

SE2 d 4 6 4 ) (2 0 0 0 ); s ee al so Jo rd a n v. S t a t e , 2 5 3 Ga. Ap p

. 5 1 0

, 5 1 1 (2 ) (5 5 9 SE2 d

5 2 8 ) (2 00 2 ). Th us , W ri g h t i s es t o p p ed fro m s eek i n g f u r t h e r ju d i ci al rev iew o n t h i s

i s su e.

Seco n d , a m o t i o n s eek i n g t o ch al l en g e an al l eg ed l y i n v al i d o r v oi d ju d g m en t

o f co n v i ct i o n “ i s n o t o n e o f t h e es t ab l i s h ed p ro ced u res fo r ch al len g i n g th e v al i d i t y o f

a j u d gm en t i n a cri m i n al cas e.” Ro b er t s v. S t a t e , 2 86 Ga. 5 3 2 (6 9 0 SE2 d 1 5 0) (2 0 1 0 ).

Th erefo re, W ri g h t i s n o t au th o ri zed t o c o l l a t e r a l l y at tack h is co nv i ct i o ns i n t h i s

m an n er, an d h i s ap p l i cat i o n m u s t b e d i s m i s s ed fo r t h i s reas o n as wel l. See i d

. ; s ee October 14, 2015al s o Ha r

p er v. S t a t e , 2 8 6 Ga. 2 1 6

, 2 1 8 (1 ) (6 8 6 SE2 d 7 8 6 ) (2 0 0 9 ) (o v erru l i n g Ch es t er

v. S t a t e , 2 8 4 Ga. 1 6 2

, 1 6 2 -1 6 3 (2 ) (6 6 4 SE2 d 2 2 0 ) (2 00 8 )); Ma t h er l ee v. S t a t e , 3 0 3

Ga. Ap p . 7 6 5 (6 94 SE2 d 6 6 5 ) (2 0 1 0 ).

Acco rd i ng l y , t h i s ap p l i cat i o n i s D IS MIS S ED fo r l ack o f ju ri s di ct io n

.

C o u r t o f A p p e a l s o f t h e S t a t e o

f G e o r g ia

C le r k ’ s O f f i c e

, A t la n t a

,

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I c e r ti fy t h a t t h e a b o v e is a tr u e e x t r a c t f r o m

t h e m i n u t e s o

f t h e C o u r t o

f A p p e a l s o f G e o r g i a

. W i tn e s s m y s i g n a t u r e a n d t h e s e a l o

f s a i d c o u r t

h e r e t o a f f i x e d t h e d a y a n d y e a r l a s t a b o v e w r i t t e n

.

, C l e r k

. 10/14/2015