Legal Opinion
Rooney v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 1, 2010No. S09A1604PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Presiding Justice.
In 1995, John Rooney entered a negotiated plea of guilty to rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated sexual battery, and three counts of battery. In an unpublished opinion, the Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of a motion for out-of-time appeal. Rooney v. State, 248 Ga. App. XXVII (2001). In the years since, Rooney has filed several motions to vacate his convictions and sentences.
In 2008, the trial court denied a motion to vacate void consecutive sentences due to the unconstitutionality of OCGA § 17-10-10. Acting pro se, Rooney appealed from that order, and this Court…
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