Leonard v. State

DOYLE, Presiding Judge.

Acting pro se, inmate Ronald Leonard, Jr., appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to correct a void sentence. He contends that the sentence is illegal because (1) one count was suspended in violation of former OCGA § 16-8-41 (d), and (2) the sentence was ambiguous.1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part and remand for resentencing.

In 1994, Leonard was found guilty of 11 counts of armed robbery stemming from a series of robberies. He was sentenced as follows: life imprisonment for Count 1, twenty years suspended sentence for Count 2, and twenty…