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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 8 A2 10 2 . ANTHONY J ACKSON v

. THE STATE.

An t h o n y Jack s o n was co n v i ct ed o f m u lt i p l e offen ses , i n cl u d i ng t wo co u n t s o f

ag g rav at ed as s au l t

. W e affi rm ed h i s co nv i ct i o n s an d s en t en ce o n ap p eal

. Ja cks o n v.

S t a t e , 3 16 Ga. A p p. 5 8 8 (7 30 SE2 d 6 9) (2 0 1 2). Si n ce t h en , J ac k s o n has fi l ed

n u m ero u s p ro s e m o t i o n s , i n cl u d i n g a m ot i o n t o am en d s en t en ce co m p u t at i o n an d a

m o ti o n fo r o u t -o f-t i m e ap peal o f a v o i d s en t en ce. Th e t ri al co u rt d en i ed b o t h o f t h o s e

m o ti o n s, an d J ack s o n fi led t hi s ap p eal

. 1 W e, h o wev er, l ack ju ri s d i ct io n

. Fi rs t

, as t o J ack s on’ s m ot i o n to am en d th e co m pu t at i o n o f h i s s en t en ce, J ack so n

m u st s eek rel i ef fro m t h e Dep art m en t of Co rrect i o n s , n o t f r o m t h e t ri al co u rt

. See

Cu t ter v. S t a te

, 2 7 5 G a. Ap p

. 8 8 8

, 8 90 (2 ) (6 22 SE2 d 9 6) (2 0 0 5 ). Di s sat i s fact i o n

w i t h t h at rel ief m ay b e as s ert ed i n a m an dam u s o r i n ju n ct i on act io n ag ai n s t t h e

Co m m i s s i o n er o f t h e Dep art m en t o f Co rrect i o ns , o r i n a p et i t i o n fo r h ab eas co rp u s

. See i d .; Ma l d

o n a d o v. S t a t e , 2 6 0 Ga. Ap p . 5 80 , 5 8 1 (5 8 0 SE2 d 3 3 0 ) (2 0 0 3 ).

J a c k s o n ’ s s eco n d m o t i o n al s o can no t gi v e ri s e t o a v al id ap p eal

. A d i rect

ap p eal m ay li e fro m an o rd er d en y i ng o r di s m i s s i n g a m o t io n t o v acat e a v o id

s en t en ce, b u t o n l y i f t he d efen dan t rai s es a c o l o r a b l e cl ai m th at t h e sen t en ce i s , in

fact

, v o i d . See Ha r

p er v. S t a t e , 2 8 6 Ga. 2 1 6

, 2 1 7 n.1 (6 8 6 SE2 d 7 8 6 ) (2 0 0 9 ); Bu r g

v. S ta t e , 2 9 7 Ga. A p p. 1 1 8

, 1 19 (6 7 6 SE2 d 4 65 ) (2 0 0 9). A s en t en ce is v o i d o n l y i f

i t i m po s es p un is h m en t t h at t h e l aw d oes n o t al l o w. Cr u mb ley v. S t a t e , 2 6 1 Ga. 6 1 0,

6 1 1 (1 ) (4 09 SE2 d 5 1 7) ( 1 9 9 1 )

. “ M o t i o ns t o v acat e a v o id s en t en ce g en eral l y are

1 J ack s o n al s o fi l ed an ap p l i cat i o n fo r di s cret io n ary rev i ew, w h i ch we d i s m i s s ed . See Cas e No . A1 7 D0 1 8 7 (d eci d ed Decem b er 1 3 , 2 0 1 6 ). September 13, 2018l i m i ted t o cl ai m s t h at

– ev en as s u 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 th at s e n 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

p en al s t at u t e pro v i d es .” Vo n Th o ma s v. S t at 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, J ack s o n cl ai m ed t h at h e recei v ed i neffect i v e as s i s t an ce o f co u n s el a n d

t h at t h e s en t en ci n g co u rt i m pro perl y co n s i d ered h i s p ri o r co n v i ct i on s w h en i m p o s i n g

h i s s en t en ce. N e i t h e r o f t h es e cl ai m s are arg u m en t s t h at h i s s en t en ce ex ceed s t h e

m ax i m u m al lo w ed b y

l aw. Acco rd i n g l y , t h ey

are n o t v al i d v oi d -s en ten ce cl ai m s

. Fo r t h es e reas on s , t h i s ap p eal 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

. 09/13/2018