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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 7 A1 18 6 . RANDALL BELCHER v . THE STATE.

Ran d al l Bel ch er was co n v i ct ed o f b u rg l ary an d o t h er cri m es an d s en t en ced as

a r e c i d i v i s t u n der OCGA § 1 7 -1 0 -7 (c). On ap p eal

, we affi rm ed h i s co n vi ct i o n s in

an u np u b l i s h ed o p i n i o n

. See Bel ch er v. S t a t e , 3 2 6 Ga. Ap p

. X X V (Cas e No

. A1 3 A2 35 5

, d eci ded M arch 2 1

, 2 0 1 4 ). Back i n t h e t ri al co u rt

, Bel ch er fi l ed a “ M o t i o n

t o Vo i d an d M en d Sen t en ce,” arg u i ng t h at OCGA § 1 7 -1 0 -7 (c) was

u n co ns t it u t i o n al l y vag u e an d v i o l at ed th e d u e p ro ces s cl au s e i n l i g h t o f Jo h n s o n v.

Un i ted S ta t es ,

_

_ U. S.

__ (1 3 5 SCt 2 5 5 1

, 1 9 2 LE2 d 5 6 9 ) ( 2 0 1 5 )

. Th e t ri al co u rt
reject ed th es e co n s t i t u t i on al ch al l en g es , an d Bel ch er ap p eal ed t o t h e Su p rem e Co u rt

o f Geo rg i a. Th at Co u rt t ran s ferred t h e cas e to u s , ru l in g t h at Bel ch er had “ m ad e n o

co g en t arg u m en t t h at t h e l an g u ag e o f O C GA § 1 7 -1 0 -7 (c) is u n co ns t i t u t i o n al l y

v ag ue” an d h i s ap peal “ d [i d ] n o t p res en t an y i s su e th at wo u l d in v o k e [t h e Su p rem e]

Co u rt ’ s ju ri s di ct i o n ov e r c o n s ti t u t i o n al q ues t i o n s .” W e l ack ju ri sd i ct i o n b ecau s e

Bel ch er h as n o t rai sed a co l o rab l e v o i d -s en t en ce cl ai m

. A d i rect ap peal m ay li e fro m an ord er d en y i ng a m ot i o n t o vacat e o r co rrect a

v o i d s en t en ce o n l y i f t h e d efen d an t rai s es a c o l o rab l e cl ai m t hat t h e sen t en ce i s , in

fact

, v o i d

. Ha rp er v. St at e , 2 8 6 Ga. 21 6

, 2 17 n .1 (6 8 6 SE2 d 78 6 ) (2 0 0 9); Bu r g v.

S t a t e , 29 7 Ga. Ap p

. 1 18

, 1 1 9 (6 7 6 SE2 d 46 5 ) (2 0 0 9 )

. “ M o t io n s t o v acat e a v o id

s e n t e n c e g en eral l y are l i m i t ed t o cl ai m s t h at – ev en as s u m i n g t h e ex i s ten ce an d

v al i d i t y of t h e co n v i ct i o n f o r wh i ch t h e s en t en ce was i m po s ed

– t h e law d o es n ot

au t h o ri ze t hat s en t en ce

. . .” 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 0 1 3 ). March 15, 2017Bel ch er arg u ed th at h i s s en t en ce was no t au t h ori zed b ecau s e OCGA § 1 7 -1 0 -7

(c) i s un co n s t i t u t i on al on i t s face. In i t s t ran sfer ord er, h o wev er, t h e Su p rem e Co u rt

ru l ed th at Bel ch er h ad n o t rai s ed a v al i d co n s t i t u t io n al ch al l en g e. As Bel ch er d i d n ot

arg u e t h at hi s s en ten ce was vo i d o n an y o t h er bas i s , we are b o u nd to co ncl u d e t h at h e

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

. A cco rd i ng l y , “ t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s d en i al

o f [Bel ch er’ s ] m o t i on i s n o t s u b ject t o a d i rect ap peal

, an d we m u s t d i s m i s s.” Bu r

g

v

. S t a t e , 2 9 7 Ga. Ap p

. 1 1 8

, 1 2 0 (6 7 6 SE2 d 4 6 5) (2 00 9 ). Th i s ap p eal i s h e r e b y

DISM ISSED fo r l ack o f ju ri s d i ct i o n

.

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f G e o r g ia

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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I c e r t i f y t h a t t h e a b o v e i s 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

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f s a i d c o u r t

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, C l e r k

. 03/15/2017