Williams v. State

Thompson, Justice.

Walter Williams was convicted in January 1977 of malice murder and armed robbery and sentenced to consecutive life sentences. This Court affirmed his convictions in Williams v. State, 242 Ga. 757 (251 SE2d 254) (1978). In March 2009 Williams filed a motion to correct illegal sentence, arguing that the crimes of murder and armed robbery merged as a matter of fact, and therefore, he could not be convicted and sentenced on both charges. The trial court denied the motion and Williams filed the instant direct appeal. For the reasons that follow, we dismiss Williams’ appeal.

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