Jason Elder v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ August 01, 2017 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A17A2094. JASON ELDER v. THE STATE. In May 2000, Jason Elder was convicted of armed robbery, for which he was sentenced, as a recidivist, to life imprisonment. Elder’s conviction was affirmed on appeal. See Elder v. State,

249 Ga. App. 868

( 549 SE2d 825) (2001). In May 2014, Elder filed a pro se motion to correct an illegal sentence and in January 2017, counsel filed an amended motion to modify void sentence on behalf of Elder. The trial court denied the…