Staley v. State

Thompson, Justice.

In 2002 appellant Edward Staley entered counseled guilty pleas to charges of aggravated child molestation, child molestation, and enticing a child for indecent purposes. Five years later, he began challenging his convictions and sentences by filing numerous motions in the sentencing court pursuant to OCGA § 17-9-4 in which he alleged, inter alia, that his convictions were void because the statutes under which he was charged and sentenced did not criminalize the conduct for which he was convicted. The court denied these motions and appellant directly appealed from that order.…