# 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 7 A0 99 0 . SCOTTY R. W I LSON v . THE STATE.

In M arch 20 1 4

, Sco t t y W i l s o n p l ed g ui l t y t o t h e o ffen s es o f arm ed ro b b ery an d

h i jack i ng a m o t o r v eh i cl e, an d he was s en t en ced to 2 0 y ears , t o s erv e 1 0 i n p ri s o n

. In

Ap ri l 2 0 1 6

, W i l s o n fi l ed a m o t i o n t o m o d ify a v o i d s en t en ce an d co n v ict i o n

. Th e t ri al

co u rt d en i ed t h e m o t i o n , an d W i l s o n fi l ed a n o t i ce o f ap p eal d i rect ed t o t h e Su p rem e

Co u rt

, wh i ch t ran s ferred i t t o t h i s Co u rt aft er fi n d i n g t h at Su p rem e Co u rt j u ri s d i ct i o n

was n ot i n v o ked . W e al s o 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 02 Ga. Ap p

. 3 4 6

, 34 7

- 3 4 8 (6 9 1 SE2 d 2 4 7 )

(2 0 1 0); Bu r

g v. S t a t e , 2 9 7 Ga. Ap p

. 1 1 8

, 1 1 8 (6 7 6 SE2 d 4 6 5 ) (2 0 0 9 ). O n ce t h i s

s t at u to ry p eri o d ex p i res , as i t h as h ere, a t ri al co urt m ay m o d ify a s en t en ce o n l y i f i t

i s v o i d

. Jo n es v. S t a t e , 2 7 8 Ga. 6 6 9

, 6 7 0 (6 0 4 SE2 d 4 8 3 ) (2 0 0 4 ). “ M o t i o n 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 to cl ai m s t h at

– ev en as su m i n g t h e ex i s t en ce an d

v al i d i t y of t h e c o n v i ct i o n fo r wh i ch t h e s en t en ce was i m po s ed

– t h e law d o es n ot

au t h o ri ze t h at s en t en ce, m os t ty p i cal l y b eca

u s e i t ex ceed s th e m os t s ev ere p u n i s h m en t

fo r wh i ch t h e ap p l i cab le p en al s t at u t e p ro v i des .” vo n Th o ma s v. S t a t e , 2 9 3 Ga. 5 6 9,

5 7 2 (2 ) (7 4 8 SE2 d 4 4 6 ) (2 01 3 ). Acco rd i n g l y , wh en a s en ten ce i s wi th i n t h e st at u t o ry

ran g e o f p u n i s h m en t , i t i s n o t v o i d

. Jo n es , s u p ra.
Here, W i l s o n d o es n o t arg u e t h at h i s s en t en ce ex ceed ed t he s t at u t o ry ran g e o f

p u n i s h m en t ; rat h er, h e cl ai m s , am o n g ot h er arg um en t s , t h at h e sh o ul d h av e b een t ri ed

i n j u v en i le co u rt

, th at h e recei v ed i n effect i v e as si s t an ce o f co u ns el , an d t h at h e was

s el ect i v el y p ro secu t ed

. Th es e are ch al l en g es t o t he p ro ced u res em p l oy ed an d v al id i t y February 23, 2017o f h i s co n v i ct i o n s , n o t h i s s en t en ce. Th e Su p rem e Co u rt h as m ad e i t cl ear t h at a p o s t

c o n v i ct i o n m o t i o n t o v acat e an al l eg ed l y v oi d cri m i nal co n v i ct i o n i s no 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 l en g i n g t h e v al i d i t y o f a ju d g m en t i n a cri m in al cas e,

an d an ap p eal fro m t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s ru l i n g on s u ch a p et i t io n s h o u l d b e d i s m i s s ed

. S ee Ro b er t

s v. S t a t e , 2 8 6 Ga. 53 2 (6 9 0 SE2 d 1 5 0) (2 0 1 0 ). Becau s e W i l so n i s n o t

au t h o ri zed t o co l l at eral l y at t ack h is co n v i ct i on i n t h i s m an n er, t h i s ap p eal i s s u b ject

t o d i s m i s s al

. See Ha r

per v. S t a t e , 2 8 6 G a

. 2 1 6

, 2 1 8 (1 ) (6 86 SE2 d 7 8 6) (2 0 0 9 );

Ma t her l ee v. S t a t e , 3 0 3 Ga. Ap p . 7 6 5 , 7 6 6 (6 9 4 SE2 d 6 6 5 ) (2 0 1 0).

Fo r t h es e reas o ns , we lack ju ri s d i c t i on ov er t h i s ap p eal

, w h i ch i s h ereb y

DISM ISSED.

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 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

. 02/23/2017