James Otis Duncan, Jr. v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ November 23, 2022 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A23A0588; A23D0134. JAMES OTIS DUNCAN v. THE STATE. A jury found James Otis Duncan guilty of armed robbery and kidnapping, and his conviction was affirmed on appeal. See Duncan v. State,

253 Ga. App. 239

( 558 SE2d 783) (2002). Over 20 years after his conviction, Duncan filed a motion to correct a sentence, arguing that a 2009 change to the kidnapping statute rendered his conviction void. The trial court denied the motion, and Duncan filed both a direct…