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A p p ea ls

o f t h e S t a te o f

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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 :

A1 5 A2 04 5 . ABDULLAH M. RASHEED v . THE STATE.

Ab d ul l ah M

. Ras heed was co n v i ct ed o f n u m ero u s o ffen se s , i ncl u d in g arm ed

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

, an d h i s co nv i ct i o n s were affi rm ed o n ap p eal

. See

Ra s heed v. S t at e , Cas e N u m ber A0 2 A0 52 4

, d eci d ed Ap ri l 2 5

, 2 0 02

. He h as

s u b s eq u en t l y fi l ed m

u l t i p le p ro s e m o t i o n s at t ack i n g hi s co n v ict i o n s , al l o f w h i ch

h av e b een d en ied

. In hi s m o s t recen t m o t i o n , “ M o t io n fo r Reco m p u t at i on ,” Ras h eed

co n ten d ed t h at b ecau s e al l o f t h e o ffen ses aro s e fro m t h e s am e i n ci d en t

, h e sh o u l d n ot

h av e b een co n v i ct ed o f m u l t i p l e o ffen s es an d s u bje c t e d t o co n s ecu t i v e s en t en ces

. Th e t ri al co u rt d en i ed th e m o ti o n , an d Ras h eed fi l ed t h i s ap p eal

. Al t h ou g h Ras h e e d ’ s m o t i o n p u rp o rt ed t o ch al l en g e h i s s en ten ce, h e d i d n ot

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

. See Vo n Th o ma s v. S ta t e , 2 9 3 Ga. 5 6 9

, 5 7 2 (2 )
(7 4 8 SE2 d 4 4 6 ) (2 01 3) (“ M o t i on s t o v acat e a vo i d s en ten ce gen eral l y are l i m i t ed to

cl ai m s t h at

– ev en as s u m i n g t he ex is t en ce an d v al i d i t y o f t h e co n v i ct i o n fo r wh i ch 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 s t s ev ere p u n i s hm en t fo r wh i ch t h e ap p l i cab l e pen al s t at u t e

p ro v id es .”). Becau s e Ras h eed d i d n o t co n t en d t h at h i s s en ten ce i s l o n g er t han t h e l aw

al l o ws , h e d i d n ot rai s e a v al i d v oi d -s en t en ce cl ai m

. In s t ead

, h e o n ce ag ai n

ch al l en g ed h i s co n v i ct io ns

. As we hav e rep ea t ed l y ad v i s ed Ras h eed

, a p o s t

co n v i c t i o n m o t i o n s eek in g t o v acat e an al l eg ed l y v o i d co n v i ct i o n i s n o t a v al id

p ro ced ure i n a cri m i n al cas e, an d an y ap p eal fro m

t h e d en i al o f s u ch a m o t io n m u s t

b e d i s m i s s ed

. See Ro b er t s v

. S t a t e , 28 6 Ga. 53 2 (6 9 0 SE2 d 1 5 0 ) (2 0 1 0 ).

Acco rd in g ly , t h i s ap p eal i s h ereb y DISM ISSED.

Fi n al l y , we n o t e t h at

, g i v en o u r d i s m i s s al s o f Ras heed ’ s pri o r ap p eal s , t h e September 02, 2015i n s t an t ap p eal i s es s en t i al ly fri v o l o u s. OCGA § 4 2 -1 2 -7 .2 p ro v i d es :

In n o ev en t s h al l a p ri s o n er fi l e an y act i o n in fo rm a p au p eri s i n an y co u rt

o f t h i s s t at e i f th e p ri s on er h as , o n t h ree o r m o re p ri o r o ccas i o n s w h i l e

h e o r s h e w as i n carcerat ed o r d et ai n ed i n an y faci l i ty

, fi l ed an y act i o n i n

an y co u rt o f t h is s t at e t h at was s u b seq u en tl y d is m i ss ed o n t he g ro un d s

t h at s u ch act i o n was fri v o l o u s o r m al i ci o u s , u n les s t h e p ri s o n er i s u nd er

i m m i n en t d an g er o f s eri o u s p h y s i cal i nju ry

.

W e t h u s cau t i o n Ras h eed t h at i f h e co nt i n u es to fi l e s u ch m o t i o n s , h e m ay fi n d al l

fu t u re cl ai m s b arred b y

OCGA § 4 2 -1 2 -7

. 2

.

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. 09/02/2015