Barber v. State

Eldridge, Judge.

On March 24, 1994, defendant-appellant William L. Barber entered a plea of guilty but mentally ill to two charges of child molestation. The trial court (hereinafter the “sentencing court”) accepted the Alford 2 plea and entered judgment thereon. In October 1998, Barber filed a petition to correct a void judgment, claiming that, at the time he entered his plea, the sentencing court failed to adhere to the procedural requirements of OCGA § 17-7-131 (b) (2). 3 The trial court dismissed the petition on March 12, 1999, and Barber appeals. Held:

1. In his first enumeration of error,…