# 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 A1 89 8 . W I LLI AM LEE TURNER v . THE STATE.

In 2 01 2

, W i l l i am Lee Tu rn er p l ed g u il t y t o traffi ck i n g co cai n e an d i l l eg al u s e

o f a co m m u n i cat i o n faci l i t y

, fo r wh i ch h e was sen t en ced t o 3 0 y ears ’ i m p ri s o n m en t

wi t h 2 0 y ears t o s erv e. Tu rn er s u b s eq u en t l y fi l ed a pro se m o t i o n t o c o r r e c t a v o id

s en t en ce. T h e t ri al co u rt den i ed t h e m o t io n o n M arch 2 9, 2 0 1 6, an d Tu rn er f i l e d a

n o t i ce o f ap p eal o n M ay 2 , 2 0 1 6 . W e, h o wev er, l ack ju ri sd i ct i o n fo r t wo reas o n s

.

F irs t, a n o t i ce of ap p eal m u s t b e fi l ed wi t h i n 3 0 d ay s aft er e n t r y o f t h e

ap p eal ab l e o rd er. See O CGA § 5 -6 -3 8 (a). T h e p ro p er an d t i m el y fi l in g o f a n o t i ce

o f ap p eal i s an ab s ol ut e req u i rem en t t o c o n f e r ju r i s d i ct i on o n t h i s Co u rt

. See

Ro wl a n d v. S t a t e

, 2 6 4 Ga. 8 7 2

, 8 7 2 (1 ) (4 5 2 SE2 d 7 5 6 ) (1 99 5 ). Becau s e T urn er fi l ed

h i s n ot i ce o f ap p eal 3 4 day s aft er en t ry o f t he t ri al co u rt ’ s o rd er, h i s ap p ea l i s

u n t i m el y

.

Seco n d

, p u rs u an t t o OCG A § 1 7 -1 0 -1 (f), a co u rt m ay co rrect o r red u ce a

s en t en ce d u ri n g t h e y ear aft er i t s i m p o s i t i o n

, o r wi th i n 1 2 0 d ay s aft er rem i t t it u r

fo l l o w i n g a d i rect ap p eal

, wh i ch ev er is lat er. On ce t h is st at u t o ry p eri o d ex p i res

, a

t ri al co u rt m ay o n ly m o d ify a v oi d s en t en ce. See Fr a z i er v. S t at e

, 3 0 2 Ga. Ap p

. 3 4 6,

3 4 8 (6 9 1 SE2 d 3 4 6 ) (2 0 1 0 ). A d i rect ap p eal m ay l i e fro m an o rd er den y i n g a m o t i o n

t o vacat e o r co rrect a vo i d s en t en ce, b u t on l y i f th e d efen d an t rai s es a co lo rab l e cl ai m

t h at th e s en t en c e i s

, i n f a ct

, v o i d

. See Id

. “ M ot i o n s t o v acat e a v o i d s en t en ce

g en eral l y are l i m i t ed to cl ai m s t h at

– ev en as s u m in g t h e ex is t en ce an d v al i di t y o f t h e

co n vi ct i o n fo r wh i ch t h e s en t en ce was im po s ed

– t h e l aw do es n o t au t ho ri ze t h at

s en t en ce, m o st t y

p i cal l y b ecau s e i t ex ceed s t h e m o s t s ev ere p u n i s h m en t fo r wh i ch t h e

ap p li cab l e p en al s t at u t e p ro v i d es .” vo n Th o ma s v. St at e

, 2 9 3 Ga. 5 69

, 5 7 2 (2 ) (7 4 8 June 27, 2016S E2 d 4 4 6 ) (2 0 1 3 ). Th u s

, wh en a s en t en ce i s wi t h i n t h e st at ut o ry ran g e o f

p u n i s h m en t

, i t i s no t v o i d

. See Jo n es v. S t at e

, 2 7 8 G a. 6 6 9

, 6 7 0 (6 0 4 SE2 d 4 8 3 )

(2 0 0 4). Acco rd i n g l y

, al l eg at io n s t h at m erel y ch al l en g e t h e s en t en ci n g pro ced u re o r

q u es ti o n t h e fai rn es s o f a sen t en ce do n o t r a i s e a co l o rab l e cl ai m o f v o i d n es s an d

can n ot f o rm t he b as is fo r a d i rect ap p eal

. See F r a z i er

, s u p ra at 3 4 8

. Here, Tu rn er

d o es n o t arg u e t h at h i s s en t en ce fel l o u t s id e t h e p erm i s s ib l e s t at u t o ry ran g e; bu t rat h er

h e ch al l en g es h i s i n d i ct m en t

. T h u s

, Tu rn er h as n ot rai s ed a co l o rab l e v o id s en t en ce

cl ai m

. Acco rd i n g l y

, we l ack ju ri s d i ct i on o v e r t h i s ap p eal

, wh i ch i s h ereb y

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f G e o r g ia

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I c e r ti fy t h a t t h e a b o v e is a t r 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 th 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

. 06/27/2016