Jackson v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant’s conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute was affirmed on direct appeal. Jackson v. State, 216 Ga. App. 842 (456 SE2d 229), decided February 27, 1995. On April 25, 1996, he filed in the trial court a post-appeal “MOTION TO CORRECT VOID SENTENCE,” in which he contended that his mandatory life sentence for a second violation of OCGA § 16-13-30 (b), imposed under former OCGA § 16-13-30 (d), Ga. L. 1980, pp. 432, 433, § 1 (d), was a “disproportionate and discriminatory sentence for minor drug offenses.” This direct appeal follows the…