Legal Opinion

Frazier v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided February 12, 2010No. A10A0232PublishedCited by 291 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Ellington, Judge.

David E. Frazier appeals from the order of the Superior Court of DeKalb County denying his motion to vacate and to correct his sentence. Frazier contends his concurrent twenty-year prison terms for two counts of child molestation, which were imposed following a retrial, are illegal and void because they were the result of judicial vindictiveness. For reasons that follow, we lack jurisdiction to consider Frazier’s arguments. We are compelled, therefore, to dismiss his appeal.

The record shows that on February 27, 1998, a DeKalb County jury found Frazier guilty of two counts of…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Wasman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  3. Jones v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2004
  4. Croker v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969
  5. Anthony v. HopperSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975

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3Cited by291 opinions

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