# 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

ATLANTA,_

_ _ __ _ _ __ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _

Th e Co u rt

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 9 A0 09 4 & A1 9 A0 0 9 5. TRAVI S J OHNSON v . THE STATE.

Trav i s J o h n s o n pl ead ed g u i l t y t o s ev eral o ffen s es

, i n cl u d i n g arm ed ro b b ery

,

ro b b ery

, an d po s ses s i o n o f a fi rearm d u ri n g t he co m m i s si o n of a cri m e i n cas e n u m b er

2 0 0 9 -CR-2 1 4 an d t heft by t ak i n g i n cas e n u m b er 2 0 1 2 -CR-5 9

. He h as s u bs eq u en t l y

fi led nu m ero u s m o ti o n s al leg i n g t h a t h i s s e n t e n ces are v o i d

. T he t ri al co u rt h as

res o l ved al l o f t h o s e m o t i o n s i n fav o r o f th e St a t e

, a n d we h av e reject ed J o h n s o n ’ s

at t em p t s t o ch al l en g e t h e t ri al co u rt ’ s ru l in g s

. See Cas e N o s

. A1 7 A0 2 7 9

, A1 7 A0 6 0 1,

A1 7 A 0 8 7 6

, A1 7 A1 7 0 0

, an d A1 8 D0 5 4 7

. J o h n s o n h as n ow fi led

, i n each o f t h e

ab o ve-referen ced cri m i n al cas es

, a “ M o t i o n t o Nu ll i fy In d i ct m en t fo r Lack o f

J u ri s di ct i o n .” Th e t ri al co u rt di s m i ss ed th e m o t i o n s

, an d Jo h ns o n fi l ed t h es e ap p eal s

.

A po s t-co n vi ct i o n m o t io n s eek i n g t o v acat e an al l eg ed l y v o i d co n vi ct i o n i s n ot

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

t h e den i al o r d i s m i s s al o f

s u ch a m o t i o n m

u s t b e di s m is s ed

. See W

il l ia ms v. St at e

, 2 8 7 Ga. 1 92

, 1 9 2 (6 9 5 SE2 d

2 4 4 ) ( 2 0 10 ); Ro b er t

s v. S t a t e

, 2 8 6 Ga. 5 3 2, 53 2 (6 9 0 SE2 d 1 5 0 ) (2 0 1 0 ). A d i re c t

ap p eal m ay l ie fro m t h e d en ial of a m o t i on t o co rrect a v o i d s en t en ce i f t he d efen d an t

rai s es a co l o rab l e cl a i m t hat th e s en t en ce i s v o i d

. See Bu rg v. S t a t e

, 2 9 7 Ga. Ap p.

1 1 8 , 1 1 9 (6 7 6 SE2 d 4 6 5 ) (2 0 0 9 ). “ M o ti o n s t o v acat e a v oi d s en t en ce g en eral l y are

l i m i ted t o cl ai m s t h at

– ev en as s u m i n g t h e ex i st en ce an d v al i d it y o f th e co n v i ct i o n fo r

wh i ch t h e s en t en ce was i m p o s ed

– t h e l aw d o es n ot au th o ri ze t h at sen t en ce, m o s t

t y p i cal l y b ecau s e i t ex cee d s t h e m o s t s ev ere p u n i s h m en t fo r wh i ch t he ap p l i cab l e

p en al s t at u t e p ro v i d es .” vo n Th o m a s v. S ta t e

, 2 9 3 Ga. 5 69

, 57 2 (2 ) (7 4 8 SE2 d 4 4 6 )

(2 0 1 3).

Here, Jo hn s o n ’ s m o t io ns d o n o t al leg e t h at h i s sen t en ces ex ceed th e m ax i m u m October 22, 2018al l o wed b y l aw. In s t ead

, J oh n s o n al l eg es t h at th e t ri al co u rt l ack ed ju ri s d i ct i o n to

en t er h i s co n v i ct i on s

. Th i s i s n o t a v al i d v o i d-s en t en ce arg u m en t

. Acco rd i n g l y

,

J o h n so n ’ s ap p eal s are 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 t i f y th 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

. 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

. 10/22/2018