McConnell v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Having been convicted in 2001 of two counts of burglary, five counts of financial transaction card theft, and two counts of theft by receiving stolen property, Mickey McConnell, pro se, directly appeals the trial court’s denial of his petition to correct a void sentence. Specifically, McConnell contends that the sentencing court erroneously sentencedhim as a repeat offender pursuant to OCGA§ 17-10-7 (c). Because the record shows that McConnell was a repeat offender, we affirm.

In 2001, following a jury trial, McConnell was sentenced to serve 20 years consecutively…