# 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 9 A0 35 6 . DONALD L. ADAMS v . THE STATE.

Do n al d L. A d am s was co n v i ct e d o f ch i l d m o les t at io n an d ag g rav at ed

m o les t at i o n

. W e affi rm ed h i s co n v i ct i o n s

. See Ad a ms v. St a t e

, 2 9 0 Ga. Ap p

. 2 9 9

(6 5 9 SE2 d 7 1 1 ) (2 0 0 8 ), o verr u l ed i n p art b y Ma yo r & Al d

er men of S

a va n n a h v.

Ba t s o n -Co ok Co

. , 2 9 1 Ga. 1 1 4

, 1 1 9 (1 ) (7 2 8 SE2 d 18 9 ) (2 01 2 ) (ab u s e o f d i s cret i o n

s t an d ard d o es n o t ap p l y t o ap peal s fro m t he d en i al o f a m o t i o n t o recu s e b as ed o n t h e

cri t eri a s et fo rt h i n USCR 2 5 .3 ). In 2 0 18

, Ad a m s fi l ed a m o ti on t o v acat e t h e

ju d g m en t o f co n vi ct i o n fo r lack o f s ub ject m at ter ju ri s d i ct i on

. Th e t ri al co u rt d en i ed

t h e m o t i o n , an d Ad am s fi l ed t h e i n s t an t ap p eal . W e, h owev er, l ack ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

A p o s t -co nv i ct i o n m o t io n s eek i n g t o v acat e an al leg ed l y vo i d co n v i ct io n i s n ot

a v al i d p ro ced u re i n a cri m in al cas e, an d an y ap p eal fro m t h e d en i al o r d i s m i s s al o f

s u ch a m o t i o n m

us t b e di s m i s s ed

. See W

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

, 2 8 7 Ga. 1 92

, 1 9 2 (6 9 5 SE2 d

2 4 4 ) (2 0 10 ); Ro b er t

s v. S t a t e

, 2 8 6 Ga. 5 32

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

ap p eal m ay l ie fro m t h e d en ial of a m o t i on t o co rrect a v o id s en ten ce i f t he d efen d an t

rai s es a co l o r a b l e cl ai m t hat th e s en t en ce i s v o i d

. See Bu rg v. S t a t e

, 2 9 7 Ga. Ap p.

1 1 8 , 1 1 9 (6 7 6 SE2 d 46 5 ) (2 0 0 9 ). “ M o t i o n s to v acat e a v oi d s en t en ce g en eral l y are

l i m i ted t o cl ai m s t h at

– ev en as su m i n g t he ex i s t en ce an d v al i d i t y o f th e co n v i ct i o n fo r

wh i ch t h e sen t en ce was i m p o sed

– t h e l aw d o es no t au t h o ri ze t h at sen 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 s t s ev ere p u n i s h m en t fo r wh i ch t he ap p l i 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. 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 0 1 3).

Here, Ad am s ’ s m o t io n d oes n o t al l eg e t hat h i s s en t en ces ex ceed t h e m ax i m u m

al l o wed b y l aw. In s t ead

, Ad am s al l eg es t h at t h e t ri al co u rt l ack ed ju ri s d i ct i o n t o en t er October 11, 2018h i s co n v i ct i o ns

. Th i s i s n ot a v al i d v o i d-s en t en ce arg u m en t

. Acco rd i n g l y

, Ad am s ’ s

ap p eal i s h ereb y

DISM ISSED.

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f G e o r g ia

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, 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

. 10/11/2018