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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 A0 67 1 . RODNEY PETERSON v . THE STATE.

In 2 0 0 7

, Ro d n ey Pet ers o n p l ed g u i l t y t o m ul t i p l e o ffen s es

, i n cl u d i n g

ag g r a v a t ed as s au l t

. He l at er fi l ed a m o t i o n t o v acat e an d s et as i d e t h e ju d g m en t

,

wh i ch t h e t ri al co urt d en i ed . Pet ers o n s o u g h t d i s cret io n ary rev i ew o f t hi s o rd er, b ut

we d i s m i ss ed t h e ap p l i cat i o n b ecau s e i t was no t t i m el y fi l ed

. 1 Pet ers o n s u bs eq u en t l y

fi led a m o t i o n to co rrect a v o i d s en t en ce, wh i ch t h e t ri al co u rt d en i ed

. Pet ers o n fi l ed

a n o ti ce o f ap p eal an d an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d is cret i o nary ap p eal o f t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s o rd er.

W e d is m i s s ed b o t h b a s e d u p o n hi s fai l u re t o rai s e a v al id vo i d-s en t en ce cl ai m

. 2

P e t e r s o n t h en fi l ed a m o ti o n t o v acat e an d v o i d il l eg al co n vi ct i o n

, wh i ch t h e t ri al

co u rt d i s m i s sed o n Sep t em b er 1 7 , 2 0 1 4. 3 Pet ers o n fi l ed b o th a n ot i ce o f ap p eal an d

an ap p l i cat i o n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal o f t h e t ri al co u r t ’s o r d er. W e d i s m i s s ed t h e

ap p li cat io n fo r d i s cret i o n ary ap p eal b as ed o n a l ack o f ju ri sd i ct i o n

. 4 W e li kewi s e m u s t

d i s m i s s t hi s d irect ap p eal b as ed o n a l ack o f ju ri s d i ct io n

.

As t h e Su p rem e Co u rt h as m ad e cl ear, a p os t -co n v i ct i o n m o t i o n s eek i n g to

v acat e an al l eg ed l y v oi d cri m i n al co nv i ct i o n i s n ot o n e o f t he es t ab l i s h ed p ro ced u res

1 Pet er s on v. S t a t e , A1 2D0 2 7 4 (d i s m i s s ed M arch 2 , 2 0 1 2 ).

2 Pet er s o n v. S t a t e

, A1 3 D 0 1 8 3 (d i s m i s s ed J an

. 2 3

, 2 0 1 3 ) ; P et er s o n v. S t a t e

, A1 4 A0 25 5 (d i s m i s sed Oct . 8 , 2 0 1 3 ).

3 Th e tri al co u rt n o t ed i n i t s o rd er t hat i t h ad co n s i d ered an d d en i ed Pet ers o n ’ s

al l eg at i o n s i n a p rev i o u s m o t io n fi l ed i n 2 0 1 2

.

4 Pet er s on v. S t a t e , A1 5D0 0 9 3 (d i s m i s s ed Oct o b er 2 8, 2 0 1 4 ). January 09, 2015fo 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 i n al cas e, an d an ap p eal fro m t h e

t ri al c o u rt ’ s ru l i n g on s uch a p et i t i o n s h o u l d b e d i s m is sed

. 5 A cl ai m th at t wo

co n vi ct i o n s s ho u l d h av e b een m erg ed co n s t i t u t es an at t ack o n t h e co n vi ct io n s

, n o t t h e

s en t en ce, an d an o rd er d en y i ng o r d i s m i s s i n g s u ch an at t ack i s n o t s ub ject to ap p eal

. 6

Li k ewi se, a ch al l en g e al l eg i n g i n effect i v e as s i s t an ce o f c o u n s e l d oes n o t as s ert a

g ro u nd u p o n wh i ch a co n v i ct i o n can b e d ecl ared v o id

. 7 Un d er t h es e ci rcu m s t an ces

,

we l ack ju ri s d ict i o n t o co n s i d er t h e m eri t s o f th i s a p p e a l

, 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 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

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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

.

5 See Ro b er t

s v. S t a t e

, 2 8 6 Ga. 5 3 2 ( 6 9 0 S E2 d 1 50 ) (2 01 0 ); Ha r p er v. S t a t e

, 2 8 6 Ga. 2 1 6

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

6 See W i l l i ams v. S ta te , 2 8 7 Ga. 1 9 2

, 1 93 -1 9 4 (6 9 5 SE2 d 2 4 4 ) (2 0 1 0 ).

7 See Br o wn v. S t a te , 2 9 7 Ga. Ap p . 7 38 (6 7 8 SE2 d 1 7 2 ) (2 0 09 ). 01/09/2015