Moore v. State

McFADDEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a motion to vacate an allegedly void life sentence for armed robbery. But because it was authorized by the controlling statutes, as those statutes have been construed by our Supreme Court, the sentence is not void. We therefore affirm.

In 1987, David Moore was tried before a jury and convicted of armed robbery, aggravated assault, aggravated battery and aggravated assault with intent to rob, based on an incident involving the shooting of an off-duty police officer. The trial court imposed a life sentence for the armed robbery, plus 60 years…