# 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

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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 :

A2 4 A1 80 9 . MARCO MOSES v . THE STATE.

A j u ry f o u nd Marc o M o ses gu ilty o f aggrav ated a ssau lt, aggrav ated assau lt w ith

a dead ly w eap o n, a nd p o ssessio n o f a f irearm d u ring the c o mmissio n of a f elo ny, and
his c onv ic tio ns were a f

f irmed o n ap p eal. See Mo s es v

. S ta te , 328 Ga. A p p

. 6 2 5 ( 7 6 0
SE2d 21 7 ) (201 4). Years later, M o ses f iled a n “ Uno p p o sed Extrao rd inary M o tio n f o r
N ew Trial o r , in t he A lternativ e, to V ac ate a nd M od if y Sentenc e

. ” In his mo tio n,
M o ses po ints to ev id enc e at trial ind ic a tin g h e w a s n o t the ac tu al sho oter. H e also

argu es that his sentenc e is exc essiv e giv en this ev id enc e. Mo ses thu s so u ght to hav e the trial co u rt v ac ate his 25- year sentenc e him and r e

- sentenc e him. The t r i a l c o urt
d enied the m o tio n, and M o ses f iled this d irec t ap p eal. W e, ho w ev er, lac k j urisd ic tio n.
A n ap p eal f

ro m an o rd er d enying an extrao rd inary mo tio n fo r new trial mu st be
mad e by f iling an ap p lic atio n f

or d isc retio nary ap p eal. See OC G A § 5- 6

- 35 (a) (7 );

Ba lkco m v. S ta te , 227 Ga. A p p

. 327 , 3 2 9 ( 489 SE2d 1 29 ) (1 9 9 7 ). “ Co mp lianc e w ith
the d isc retio nary ap p eals p ro c ed u re is j uri s d i c t i o n al. ” S mo a k v

. D ept. o f Hu ma n
Res o u r c e s , 221 Ga. Ap p. 257 , 257 (47 1 SE2d 6 0 ) (1 9 9 6 ). Thu s, to the extent M o ses seek s to ap p eal the d enial o f his extrao rd inary mo tio n f o r new trial, his f

ailu re to f ile

an ap p lic atio n f

o r d isc re t i o n a r y ap p eal d ep riv es u s of j u risd ic tio n o ver this d irec t

ap p eal.

To the extent Mo s es so u ght mo d if ic a tio n o f his sentenc e, w e are also w itho u t

au tho rity to c o nsid e r his ap p e al. Und e r O C G A § 1 7

- 1 0 -1 (f ), a c o u rt may mo d if

y a

sentenc e d u ring the year af ter its imp o sitio n o r w ithin 120 d ays a f t er remittitu r f o llo w ing a d irec t ap p eal, w hic hev er is later. Fra z i er v

. Sta te , 302 Ga. A p p

. 346 , 348 August 15, 2024(6 9 1 SE2d 247 ) (201 0). Onc e, as here, that statu to ry p erio d exp ires, a trial c o u rt may

mo d if y o nly a v o id sentenc e. I d

. “ A sentenc e is v o id if the c o u rt imp o ses pu nishment
that the law d o es no t allo w

. ” Jo n es v

. S t a te , 27 8 G a. 6 6 9 , 6 7 0 (6 04 SE2d 483) (2004) (c itatio n a nd pu nc tu atio n o mitted ). W hen a sentenc e f alls w ithin the statu to ry range

o f p u nishment, it is no t vo id and is no t su b j e c t t o mo d if ic a tio n beyo nd the time

p ro v id ed in OCGA § 1 7

- 1 0- 1 (f ). See id

. ; s ee also v o n Tho ma s v

. S ta te , 29 3 Ga. 56 9 , 57 2 (2) (7 48 SE2d 446 ) (201 3) (“ Mo tio ns to v ac a t e a v o id s entenc e generally are limited

to c laims that — ev e n assu ming the existenc e and v alid ity o f the c o nv ic tio n f o r w hic h
the s entenc e w a s imp o s ed — the law d o es no t au tho riz e that sentenc e, mo st typ ic a lly
bec au se it exc eed s the mo st sev ere pu nishment f o r w hic h the ap p lic able p enal statu t e

p ro v id es. ” ). H ere, Mo ses do e s no t argu e that his sentenc e f ell ou tsid e the p ermissible

range o f sentenc ing. Sinc e he has no t raised a c o lo rable v oid s entenc e c laim, he is

u nable to f

ile a d irec t ap peal o f

the trial c o u rt’ s ru ling. 1 See Fra z ier , 302 Ga. A p p

. at

348.

1 M o ses’ s mo tio n is mo re in t h e n atu re o f a requ est f or clemenc y, w hic h is
p ro p e rly d irec ted to the State B o ard o f Pard o ns and Paro les. See Ga. Co nst. o f 1 9 83. A rt. I V , Sec

. I I , Par. I I (a) (“ Exc ep t as o therw ise pro v id ed in this Paragrap h, the State B oard o f Pard o ns and Paro les shall be v e sted w ith the p o w er o f exec u tiv e c lemenc y, inc lu d ing the p o w ers to grant rep riev es, p ard o ns, and p aro les; to c o mmu te p enalties;

to remo ve d isabilities imp o sed by l a w ; a n d t o remit any p art o f a sentenc e f o r any

o f f ense against the state af

ter c o nv ic tio n. ” ).Fo r these re a s o n s , M o ses’ s ap peal is hereby D I SM I SSED fo r lac k o f

j u risd ic tio n. See Fra z i

er , 302 Ga. A p p

. at 348- 349 ; Ba lkco m v

. Sta te , 227 Ga. A p p

. at

332.

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