Jerry Dwayne Adams v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ May 22, 2024 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A24A1424. JERRY DWAYNE ADAMS v. THE STATE. In 2003, a jury found Jerry Dwayne Adams guilty of two counts of kidnapping with bodily injury, hijacking a motor vehicle, and battery. Adams’s convictions were affirmed on appeal. Adams v. State,

276 Ga. App. 319

( 623 SE2d 525) (2005). In March 2024, Adams filed a motion to vacate an illegal sentence, arguing that his convictions for kidnapping with bodily injury and battery should have merged with his conviction…