Cedric Kimbrough v. State

Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia ATLANTA,____________________ April 24, 2019 The Court of Appeals hereby passes the following order: A19A1482. CEDRIC KIMBROUGH v. THE STATE. In 1993, Kimbrough was convicted by jury of selling cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. The trial court sentenced him as a recidivist to life in prison. We affirmed his convictions on direct appeal. See Kimbrough v. State,

215 Ga. App. 303

( 450 SE2d 457) (1994). In 2011, Kimbrough filed a motion to vacate/correct void sentence, arguing that his previous convictions did not qualify him for a…